Reconstructing Womanhood - The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist (Paperback, New Ed)

A cultural history of the work of nineteenth-century black women writers, this volume traces the emergence of the novel as a forum for political and cultural reconstruction, examining the ways in which dominant sexual ideologies influenced the literary conventions of women's fiction, and reassessing the uses of fiction in American culture. Carby revises the history of the period of Jim Crow and Booker T. Washington, depicting a time of intense cultural and political activity by such black women writers as Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, and Pauline Hopkins.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1990
First published:	July 1989
Authors:	Hazel V Carby (Assistant Professor of English, Humanities Institute)
Dimensions:	209 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-506071-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-19-506071-7
Barcode:	9780195060713

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