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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... male dominance into question . Most women were not actively seeking to usurp control , but rather to express their own talents and abilities . That they happened to venture into a male - dominant field was coincidental . Nonetheless ...
... male dominance into question . Most women were not actively seeking to usurp control , but rather to express their own talents and abilities . That they happened to venture into a male - dominant field was coincidental . Nonetheless ...
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... male slaves " ( xxxiv ) . So not only did women have to confront the skepticism that generally accompanied slave narratives , they also had to break free from the " assistance " of sympathesizers . Harriet Jacobs , for example , took ...
... male slaves " ( xxxiv ) . So not only did women have to confront the skepticism that generally accompanied slave narratives , they also had to break free from the " assistance " of sympathesizers . Harriet Jacobs , for example , took ...
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... male writer . Like her male counterparts , she does not explain everything including significant relationships in her life . Zora has the courage to tell the truth at times and at other times is mysteriously silent . Furthermore ...
... male writer . Like her male counterparts , she does not explain everything including significant relationships in her life . Zora has the courage to tell the truth at times and at other times is mysteriously silent . Furthermore ...
Table des matières
Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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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