Executing race : early American women's narratives of race, society, and the law / Sharon M. Harris.

Author/creator Harris, Sharon M.
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
American prose literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. --History and criticism.
American prose literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States. --History. --18th century.
Women and literature--United States. --History. --18th century.
American literature--1783-1850. --History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History. --19th century.
Law and literature--History. --18th century.
Women--United States. --Intellectual life.
Social problems in literature.
Race in literature.
Law in literature.
United States--Race relations. --History. --18th century.

Contents Executing race : infanticide narratives -- Belinda : the politics of petitions -- Posthumous constructions : the writings of Ann Eliza Bleecker -- Margaretta Bleecker faugeres : a post-revolutionary "freedom of mind" -- Lost boundaries : carnivalizing race and sexuality in Tabitha Tenney's Female quixotism -- Lucy Terry : a life of radical resistance -- Appendix : Lucy Terry's obituary.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.
LCCN 2004019147
ISBN0814209750 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814251315 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0814290523 (cd)

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Joyner General Stacks PS149 .H37 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold