Belabored professions narratives of African American working womanhood / Xiomara Santamarina.

Author/creator Santamarina, Xiomara
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxiv, 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
American prose literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American prose literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
American prose literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Women and literature--United States. --History. --19th century.
African American women--Biography. --History and criticism.
African American women--Intellectual life. --19th century.
African American women in the professions--History.
African American women--Employment. --History.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History. --19th century.
Autobiography--African American authors.
African American women in literature.
Autobiography--Women authors.

Contents Race, work, and literary authority in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth -- The view from below : menial labor and self-reliance in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig -- Enterprising women and the labors of femininity : Eliza Potter, Cincinnati hairdresser -- Behind the scenes of Black labor : Elizabeth Keckley and the scandal of publicity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005010229
ISBN0807829811 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807856487 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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