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Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century
Nazera Sadiq Wright
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Long portrayed as a masculine endeavor, the African American struggle for progress often found expression through an unlikely literary figure: the black girl. Nazera Sadiq Wright uses heavy archival research on a wide range of texts about African American girls to explore this understudied phenomenon.
Long portrayed as a masculine endeavor, the African American struggle for progress often found expression through an unlikely literary figure: the black girl. Nazera Sadiq Wright uses heavy archival research on a wide range of texts about African American girls to explore this understudied phenomenon.
As Wright shows, the figure of the black girl in African American literature provided a powerful avenue for exploring issues like domesticity, femininity, and proper conduct. The characters' actions, however fictional, became a rubric for African American citizenship and racial progress. At the same time, their seeming dependence and insignificance allegorized the unjust treatment of ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
386g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252082047
SKU
V9780252082047
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About Nazera Sadiq Wright
Nazera Sadiq Wright is an assistant professor of English at the University of Kentucky.
Reviews for Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century
Honor Book Award from the Children’s Literature Association "Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century is a well-researched, innovative study that will serve scholars in Africana, gender and women's studies, English, history, and more."
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature "An exemplar of well-researched and innovative scholarship, an exciting book for scholars of early African American literature and beyond. . . ... Read more
Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature "An exemplar of well-researched and innovative scholarship, an exciting book for scholars of early African American literature and beyond. . . ... Read more