Black girlhood in the nineteenth century /

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Author / Creator:	Wright, Nazera Sadiq, 1974- author.
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	African American girls -- History -- 19th century. African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century. African Americans -- Politics and government -- 19th century. Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century. African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Girls in literature. Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century. African American girls. African Americans in literature. African Americans -- Intellectual life. African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans -- Social conditions. American literature -- African American authors. Girls in literature. Political culture. Politics and literature. Race relations. United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century. United States. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11407599

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ISBN:	9780252099014 025209901X 9780252040573 0252040570 9780252082047 0252082044
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Summary:	"Long portrayed as a masculine endeavor, the African American struggle for progress often found expression through an unlikely literary figure: the black girl. Nazera Sadiq Wright uses heavy archival research on a wide range of texts about African American girls to explore this understudied phenomenon. As Wright shows, the figure of the black girl in African American literature provided a powerful avenue for exploring issues like domesticity, femininity, and proper conduct. The characters' actions, however fictional, became a rubric for African American citizenship and racial progress. At the same time, their seeming dependence and insignificance allegorized the unjust treatment of African Americans. Wright reveals fascinating girls who, possessed of a premature knowing and wisdom beyond their years, projected a courage and resiliency that made them exemplary representations of the project of racial advance and citizenship"--Publisher description.
Other form:	Print version: Wright, Nazera Sadiq, 1974- Black girlhood in the nineteenth century. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016 9780252040573

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