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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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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