Black girlhood in the nineteenth century / Nazera Sadiq Wright.

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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 phenomen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wright, Nazera Sadiq, 1974- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Subjects:	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. United States > Race relations > History > 19th century. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Physical Description:	xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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