Stepping Forward: Black Women in Africa and the Americas - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0821414569 ISBN 13: 9780821414569

Verlag: Ohio University Press, 2002

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A unique and important study, Stepping Forward examines the experiences of nineteenth- and twentieth-century black women in Africa and African diaspora communities from a variety of perspectives in a number of different settings. This wide-ranging collection designed for classroom use explores the broad themes that have shaped black women's goals, options, and responses: religion, education, political activism, migration, and cultural transformation. Essays by leading scholars in the field examine the lives of black women in the United States and the Caribbean Basin; in the white settler societies of Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; and in the black settler societies of Liberia and Sierra Leone. Among the contributors to this volume are historians, political scientists, and scholars of literature, music, and law. What emerges from their work is an image of black women's agency, self-reliance, and resiliency. Despite cultural differences and geographical variations, black women have provided foundations on which black communities have not only survived, but also thrived. Stepping Forward is a valuable addition to our understanding of women's roles in these diverse communities.

Biografía del autor:

Catherine Higgs is an associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She is the author of The Ghost of Equality: The Public Lives of D. D. T. Jabavu of South Africa, 1885-1959. Barbara A. Moss is an assistant professor of history at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia. Earline Rae Ferguson is an assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island.

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• Verlag: Ohio University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0821414569
• ISBN 13: 9780821414569
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Herausgeber: Higgs Catherine, Moss Barbara A., Ferguson Earline Rae