Belabored professions narratives of African American working womanhood

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

Author/creator	Santamarina, Xiomara
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Description	xiv, 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2005010229
ISBN	0807829811 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807856487 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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