Destined for a life of service : defining African-Jamaican womanhood, 1865-1938 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Altink, Henrice
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; 2011.
Series:	Gender in history.
Subjects:	Women, Black > Jamaica > History.

Table of Contents:

"Me shame you know" : the ideal and real of lower-class women's sexuality
Woman's natural destiny : African-Jamaican women and marriage
To be a good woman is to be a good mother : turning African-Jamaican women into self-effacing, loving and caring mothers
"Men are not the only labourers : African-Jamaican women and man's sphere of work
"We are equal to the men in ability to do anything!" : the status and practice of African-Jamaican women's citizenship.