My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the ProfessionsPresents 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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Up until Jean Fagan Yellin's extensive research uncovered that Harriet Jacobs was the actual author , the narrative was dismissed as either a fabrication or an “ as told to " account written by editor Lydia Maria Child abolitionist ...
Up until Jean Fagan Yellin's extensive research uncovered that Harriet Jacobs was the actual author , the narrative was dismissed as either a fabrication or an “ as told to " account written by editor Lydia Maria Child abolitionist ...
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These chapters seem to have been added to the end of the narrative as a means of strengthening its abolitionist impact . Thus , it is obvious that Louisa's voice no longer can be heard after Chapter XVII .
These chapters seem to have been added to the end of the narrative as a means of strengthening its abolitionist impact . Thus , it is obvious that Louisa's voice no longer can be heard after Chapter XVII .
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... the most dedicated abolitionists like Mattison : The darkest and most prominent feature of the whole narrative is the deep moral corruption which it reveals in the families con- cerned , resulting from the institution of slavery .
... the most dedicated abolitionists like Mattison : The darkest and most prominent feature of the whole narrative is the deep moral corruption which it reveals in the families con- cerned , resulting from the institution of slavery .
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Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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| Titre | My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the Professions My Soul is My Own: Oral Narratives of African American Women in the Professions, Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis |
| Auteur | Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis |
| Éditeur | Routledge, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0415905591, 9780415905596 |
| Longueur | 213 pages |
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