Whose Will Be Done?: Self-Determination in Pauline Hopkins's Hagar's Daughter

Bussey examines Pauline Hopkins' Hagar's Daughter, which exposes how self-determination suffers in a society dominated by legal, racial, religious, and sexual determinants. This novel is an unapologetic example of anti-racist propaganda in which the protagonists offer a very real depiction...

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Published inAfrican American Review Vol. 39; no. 3; p. 299
Main Author Susan Hays Bussey
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saint Louis Johns Hopkins University Press 01.10.2005
Subjects
African Americans
Brown, William Wells (1815-1884)
History
Hopkins, Pauline E (Pauline Elizabeth)
Ideology
Literary criticism
Novels
Prejudice
Race
Racism
Society
Status
Stereotypes
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Summary:Bussey examines Pauline Hopkins' Hagar's Daughter, which exposes how self-determination suffers in a society dominated by legal, racial, religious, and sexual determinants. This novel is an unapologetic example of anti-racist propaganda in which the protagonists offer a very real depiction of stigma and prejudice. Nevertheless, Hopkins' plot mechanism builds on a representation of American culture that is not strictly racial, and actively participates in an ideological debate over descent and consent as deterministic forces.
ISSN:1062-4783
1945-6182