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 inThe Journal of African American History Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 584 - 587
Main Author McLeod, Jacqueline A.
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Silver Spring Association for the Study of African American Life and History 01.10.2008
University of Chicago Press
Subjects
Black nationalism
Essays
Feminism
Ideology
Political activism
Political campaigns
Religion
Theory
Traditions
Women
Writing
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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."
ISSN:1548-1867
2153-5086