My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the ProfessionsRoutledge, 1993 - 213 pages Presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences, at home, university and work. |
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... Jacobs ' Incidents is another example of the difficulty in- volved in women owning their own writing . This " antebellum auto- biography " was published pseudonymously in 1861 and was one of the few “ major ” autobiographical works by ...
... Jacobs ' Incidents is another example of the difficulty in- volved in women owning their own writing . This " antebellum auto- biography " was published pseudonymously in 1861 and was one of the few “ major ” autobiographical works by ...
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... Jacobs as the author of the narrative , it was largely dismissed . Jacobs , however , appeared to be convinced that anonymity was the best way to protect family and friends still enslaved at the time of her writing : I had determined to ...
... Jacobs as the author of the narrative , it was largely dismissed . Jacobs , however , appeared to be convinced that anonymity was the best way to protect family and friends still enslaved at the time of her writing : I had determined to ...
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... Jacobs ' account . However , Harriet had another reason to seek anonymity as was evident in the text of her narrative . Yellin explained that Jacobs was deeply troubled by failing to adhere to " moral ” standards and even in middle age ...
... Jacobs ' account . However , Harriet had another reason to seek anonymity as was evident in the text of her narrative . Yellin explained that Jacobs was deeply troubled by failing to adhere to " moral ” standards and even in middle age ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the Professions Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis Aucun aperçu disponible - 1993 |
My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the Professions Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis Aucun aperçu disponible - 1993 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
activities African American students African American women asked autobiography black women brother called campus career club collaborative course culture discrimination Dust Tracks early Elmira embedding example experience father felt finished high school friends gender girl gonna grade graduated grandfather grandmother guess happened Harriet Harriet Jacobs Harriet Wilson Henry Louis Gates Hurston's important interesting interview kind knew language law school lives Louisa male married Mattison mean mother narrator Nellie McKay never oral narrative parents Pauli Murray pause Phi Beta Kappa position question race racism redneck remember reported speech Schomburg Library segment sexism sister slave narratives slavery social Spanish speak story talk taught teacher teaching tell things thought tion told took town tradition trying woman words writing written Yeah York young Zora