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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These women were not long - suffering victims of overwhelming family obligations , but rather dynamic achievers / doers who discovered opportunities in many aspects of their lives . Club Activities a a a During this time period ...
These women were not long - suffering victims of overwhelming family obligations , but rather dynamic achievers / doers who discovered opportunities in many aspects of their lives . Club Activities a a a During this time period ...
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... found in Our Nig is steeped in the language of the sentimental or “ woman's novel ” ( xxxii ) of that era . According to Gates this kind of novel focuses on the trials and sometimes happy ending of a long - suffering heroine .
... found in Our Nig is steeped in the language of the sentimental or “ woman's novel ” ( xxxii ) of that era . According to Gates this kind of novel focuses on the trials and sometimes happy ending of a long - suffering heroine .
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ending of a long - suffering heroine . What may be most striking for modern - day readers is the rhetoric of the novel which appears to echo the ideas of the “ Cult of True Womanhood ” and the archaic formal speech of the period .
ending of a long - suffering heroine . What may be most striking for modern - day readers is the rhetoric of the novel which appears to echo the ideas of the “ Cult of True Womanhood ” and the archaic formal speech of the period .
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Nine Narratives | 3 |
African | 65 |
Climbing the Ladder of Success from the | 87 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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activities African American women answer appears asked authority autobiography became become beginning brother called career cause course culture daddy didn't discuss early especially example experience fact father felt finished friends girl give grade graduated guess happened high school important interesting interview kind knew language later learned lives look mean mother narrative narrator narrator's never oral parents particular Phi Beta Kappa play position problem question race racism reason remember reported sister situation slave social sometimes sort speak speech story talk teacher teaching tell that's things thought told took town trying voice whole woman writing written young
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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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