Belabored professions narratives of African American working womanhood
by
 
Santamarina, Xiomara.

Title
Belabored professions narratives of African American working womanhood

Author
Santamarina, Xiomara.

Personal Author
Santamarina, Xiomara.

Publication Information
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.

Physical Description
xiv, 222 p. : ill.

Contents
Race, work, and literary authority in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth -- The view from below : menial labor and self-reliance in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig -- Enterprising women and the labors of femininity : Eliza Potter, Cincinnati hairdresser -- Behind the scenes of Black labor : Elizabeth Keckley and the scandal of publicity.

Subject Term
American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
 
American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
 
American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
 
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
 
African American women -- Biography -- History and criticism.
 
African American women -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
 
African American women in the professions -- History.
 
African American women -- Employment -- History.
 
Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century.
 
Autobiography -- African American authors.
 
African American women in literature.
 
Autobiography -- Women authors.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Corporate Author
ProQuest (Firm)

Electronic Access
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