Black girlhood in the nineteenth century [electronic resource] / Nazera Sadiq Wright.

"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.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Format:	Electronic eBook

Black girlhood in the nineteenth century

Authors: Wright, Nazera Sadiq, 1974-
Published: University of Illinois Press, 2016

Physical Description: xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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