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Black Women's Activism: Reading African American Women's Historical Romances

by Rita B. Dandridge. 120 pgs.

Contributors:

   Rita B. Dandridge

Publisher:

   Peter Lang

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  2004

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, Social Problems In Literature, African American Women In Literature, Social Action In Literature, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Literature And History--United States--History--20th Century, Literature And Society--United States--History--20th Century, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, African American Women--Intellectual Life

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction: Reading African American Women's Historical Romances	1
	Chapter 1: Antebellum Activism: The Call to Freedom	15
	Chapter 2: Civil War Volunteerism: The Call to Reconstitute Family	37
	Chapter 3: Postbellum Activism: The Call to Heal	47
	Chapter 4: Post-Reconstruction Activism: The Call to Be Educated and to Educate .	65
	Chapter 5: Early-Twentieth-Century Activism: Saving Land in Texas	79
	Epilogue: From Reading Historical Romances to Expanding the African American Literary Canon .	89
	Notes	93
	Bibliography	109
	Index	117

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