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Author Richardson, Riché, 1971- author.

Title Emancipation's daughters : reimagining black femininity and the national body / Riché Richardson.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 298 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Emancipation's Daughters examines black women political leaders who have challenged oppressive models of black womanhood since Emancipation, including slavery's assault on the black maternal body reflected in the Aunt Jemima stereotype. In spite of the abjection associated with black womanhood within the slave system of the antebellum era, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman defied it, established prominent public voices, and emerged as leaders and national emblems through their contributions to the struggle for freedom. They established foundations for the emergence of black women political leaders throughout the twentieth century and into the new millennium who have challenged this oppressive script. In the process, they unsettle models of U.S. identity premised on whiteness that have framed white women as the only acceptable national symbols within the conventional patriarchal scripts of national selfhood, and resist the devaluation of black womanhood on the basis of race, class, gender and sexuality"--Publisher's description
Contents Introduction. An Exemplary American Woman -- Mary McLeod Bethune's "My Last Will and Testament" and Her National Legacy -- From Rosa Parks's 'Quiet Strength' to Memorializing a National Mother -- America's Chief Diplomat : The Politics of Condoleezza Rice from Autobiography to Art and Fashion -- First Lady and "Mom-in-Chief" : The Voice and Vision of Michelle Obama in the Video 'South Side Girl' and in 'American Grown' -- Conclusion. Beyoncé's South and the Birth of a "Formation" Nation.
Summary "Riché Richardson examines how five iconic black women--Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé--defy racial stereotypes and construct new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States."-- Provided by publisher.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 12, 2021).
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Subject African American women -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.
African American women -- Political activity -- History -- 21st century.
African American leadership.
Leadership in women -- United States.
Noires américaines -- Activité politique -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Noires américaines -- Activité politique -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
Leadership noir américain.
Leadership chez la femme -- États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
African American leadership
African American women -- Political activity
Leadership in women
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History
Other Form: Print version: Richardson, Riché, 1971- Emancipation's daughters. Durham : Duke University Press, 2021 1478012501 (DLC) 2020024441 (OCoLC)1157924736
ISBN 1478012501
9781478012504 (electronic bk.)
9781478090915 (electronic bk.)
147809091X (electronic bk.)
147809091X (ebook other)
9781478009917 (hardcover)
1478009918 (hardcover)
9781478010975 (paperback)
1478010975 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000068266016
AU@ 000070440534

 
    
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