Black Women's Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds
[...] theorizing from the space of their lived experiences, African American women had to speak to their multiple and intersecting oppressions for maximum effectiveness, which is consistent with Ampadu's contention that Stewart expanded on the tradition of the black jeremiad to speak to multipl...
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Published in | The Journal of African American History Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 584 - 587 |
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Main Author | |
Format | Book Review |
Language | English |
Published |
Silver Spring
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
01.10.2008
University of Chicago Press |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | [...] theorizing from the space of their lived experiences, African American women had to speak to their multiple and intersecting oppressions for maximum effectiveness, which is consistent with Ampadu's contention that Stewart expanded on the tradition of the black jeremiad to speak to multiple authences across race and gender. [...] the essays in part three show how these women practiced self-representation in a way that did not simply challenge specific racist and sexist misrepresentations of African Americans, but engendered reform that was "rooted firmly in their struggle to fight racism, end slavery, and uplift the race." |
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ISSN: | 1548-1867 2153-5086 |