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Black girlhood in the nineteenth century

Wright, Nazera Sadiq, 1974- author

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\"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.

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• 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. / LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. / United States Race relations History 19th century.
• ISBN: 9780252040573, 9780252082047

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