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001			2017038911
003			DLC
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008			171023s2017 ncu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017038911
020			_a9781476667782 (softcover : alk. paper)
020			_z9781476630366 (ebook)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aPS153.N5 _bL457 2017
082	0	0	_a810.9/928708996073 _223
100	1		_aLewis, Janaka Bowman, _d1981-
245	1	0	_aFreedom narratives of African American women : _ba study of 19th century writings / _cJanaka Bowman Lewis.
264		1	_aJefferson, North Carolina : _bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, _c[2017]
300			_av, 176 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Stories of liberation from enslavement or oppression have become central to African American women's literature. An examination of the collective free identity of black women and their relationships to the community focuses on education, individual progress, marriage and family, labor, intellectual commitments and community rebuilding projects"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 168-172) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: black women and the materiality of freedom -- Women writing black: literary glimpses into African American history -- Moving free: black women's bodies and freedom -- Elizabeth Keckley and freedom's labor -- "Fiction"ing freedom: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's novelistic tradition -- Reflections on freedom, or freedom retold -- Epilogue: freedom's promise: coming of age narratives in African America.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _xAfrican American women authors _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _y19th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aSlave narratives _zUnited States _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aAfrican American women in literature.
650		0	_aLiberty in literature.
999			_c233951 _d233951