Reconstructing womanhood : the emergence of the Black American woman novelist /
In this cultural history of the work of nineteenth-century black women writers, award-winning writer and scholar Hazel Carby traces the emergence of the novel as a forum for political and cultural reconstruction, examining the ways in which dominant sexual ideologies influenced the literary conventi...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
|
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this cultural history of the work of nineteenth-century black women writers, award-winning writer and scholar Hazel Carby traces the emergence of the novel as a forum for political and cultural reconstruction, examining the ways in which dominant sexual ideologies influenced the literary conventions of women's fiction, and reassessing the uses of fiction in American culture. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Previous edition: 1987. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197777978 019777797X |