Broschiertes Buch

Women's Work

An Anthology of African-American Women's Historical Writings from Antebellum America to the Harlem Renaissance

Herausgeber: Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F; Lofton, Kathryn

Beschreibung

Whether in schoolrooms or kitchens, state houses or church pulpits, women have always been historians. Although few participated in the academic study of history until the mid-twentieth century, women labored as teachers of history and historical interpreters. Within African-American communities, women began to write histories in the years after the American Revolution. Distributed through churches, seminaries, public schools, and auxiliary societies, their stories of the past translated ancient Africa, religion, slavery, and ongoing American social reform as historical subjects to popular audiences North and South.

Autor

Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Setting Down the Sacred Past: African-American Race Histories and Religion and Society in Frontier California. Kathryn Lofton is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies at Yale University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9780195331998
• ISBN-10: 0195331990
• Artikelnr.: 23060143