Drawing on letters, personal testimony, works of art, novels, and
historic Black newspapers, this book is an interdisciplinary
exploration of Black women’s contributions to the intellectual life
of nineteenth-century America. Black Female Intellectuals in
Nineteenth Century America reconceptualizes the idea of what the term
"intellectual" means through its discussions of both familiar and
often forgotten Black women, including Edmonia Lewis, Harriet Powers,
Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman, amongst others. This
re-envisioning brings those who have previously been excluded from the
scholarship of Black intellectualism more generally, and Black female
intellectuals specifically, into the center of the debate.
Importantly, it also situates the histories of Black women
participating in the intellectual cultures of the United States much
earlier than most previous scholarship. This book will be of interest
to both undergraduate and postgraduate specialists and students in the
fields of African American history, women’s and gender history, and
American studies, as well as general readers interested in historical
and biographical works.
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ISBN
9781000833829
Publisert
2022
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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