Title Dark continent of our bodies : black feminism and the politics of respectability / E. Frances White

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 194 pages) Series Mapping racisms Mapping racisms. Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Black Feminist Interventions; 2. The Dark Continent of Our Bodies: Constructing Science, Race, and Womanhood in the Nineteenth Century; 3. Africa on My Mind: Gender, Counterdiscourse, and African-American Nationalism; 4. The Evidence of Things Not Seen: The Alchemy of Race and Sexuality; Bibliography Summary A spirited and provocative engagement of black feminism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) Notes Print version record Subject Feminism -- United States -- History Feminists -- United States. African American women. American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism African American women -- Intellectual life Black nationalism -- United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. African American women African American women -- Intellectual life American literature -- African American authors Black nationalism Feminism Feminists Race relations Nationalismus Ethnische Beziehungen Schwarze Frau Frauenliteratur Feminismus SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781439905449 1439905444 1566398797 9781566398794 1566398800 9781566398800

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