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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The last example above Mattison titled “ A WHITE SLAVE LOVE ADVENTURE , ” and in this chapter Louisa recounted the story of a fellow slave who proposed marriage to her , but had to run for his life before they could be married .
The last example above Mattison titled “ A WHITE SLAVE LOVE ADVENTURE , ” and in this chapter Louisa recounted the story of a fellow slave who proposed marriage to her , but had to run for his life before they could be married .
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a for African American women : “ the power to write their own stories as they saw fit did not come to female slaves as early as it did to male slaves " ( xxxiv ) . So not only did women have to confront the skepticism that generally ...
a for African American women : “ the power to write their own stories as they saw fit did not come to female slaves as early as it did to male slaves " ( xxxiv ) . So not only did women have to confront the skepticism that generally ...
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Slave women especially were exploited by a secondary code of “ opposing definitions of motherhood and womanhood ” ( 20 ) that forced them into habitual roles of breeders and concubines against their wills .
Slave women especially were exploited by a secondary code of “ opposing definitions of motherhood and womanhood ” ( 20 ) that forced them into habitual roles of breeders and concubines against their wills .
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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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