Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist

This cultural history of nineteenth-century narratives of slave and free women traces the ways in which these writings began to resist dom...

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Africana Womanism - Reclaiming Ourselves

AFRICANA WOMANISM: RECLAIMING OURSELVES poses new challenges for the feminist movement. In fact, in the words of Delores P. Aldridge, it i...

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African Diasporic Women's Narratives: Politics of Resistance, Survival,and Citizenship

“Brilliant. Alexander helps us to understand the complexities of race, gender, sexuality, migration, and identity as they intersect with c...

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A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America

At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring hist...

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Dark Girls

In the tradition of the New York Times bestselling I Dream a World and Crowns comes this full-color companion volume to the acclaimed NAAC...

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Tales Of Dark Skinned Women: Race, Gender And Global Culture

Exploring the way race and gender are portrayed in popular culture, this text focuses on the representation of black women. It incorporate...

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The Politics of (M)Othering: Womanhood, Identity and Resistance in African Literature

This collection is a study of African literature framed by the central, and multi-faceted, idea of 'mother' - motherland, motherto...

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Women, Politics and Performances in South African Theatre Today

First published in 1999, 'Women, Politics and Performance in South African Theatre Today' is an important contribution to Performa...

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African Women: A Modern History

Over the last century, the social and economic roles played by African women have evolved dramatically. Long confined to home and field, o...

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Social Movements and Democracy in Africa: The Impact of Women's Struggles for Equal Rights in Botswana

This book examines social movements in Africa, analyzing how they emerge and how they may impact public policy, the legal and political si...

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Transforming Displaced Women in Sudan: Politics and the Body in a Squatter Settlement

Over twenty years of civil war in predominantly Christian Southern Sudan has forced countless people from their homes. Transforming Displa...

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The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe

Nwando Achebe presents the fascinating history of an Igbo woman, Ahebi Ugbabe, who became king in colonial Nigeria. Ugbabe was exiled from...

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Somalia - The Untold Story: The War Through the Eyes of Somali Women

Somalia came to the world's attention in 1992 when television and newspapers began to report on the terrifyingly violent war and the f...

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African Women and Apartheid: Migration and Settlement in Urban South Africa

A key mechanism of apartheid in South Africa was the set of restrictions placed on the movements of Africans; in particular, African women...

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Shaping Our Struggles: Nigerian Women in History, Culture ans Social Change

Shaping Our Sturggles: Nigerian Women in History, Culture and Social Change provides a critical reconsideration of women s position in Nig...

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Race, Gender, and Leadership: Re-envisioning Organizational Leadership From the Perspectives of African American Women Executives

Much has been written about a model of leadership that emphasizes women's values and experiences, that is in some ways distinct from m...

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Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women's Political Activism

Mary McLeod Bethune was a significant figure in American political history. She devoted her life to advancing equal social, economic, and ...

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Crossing Borders through Folklore: African American Women's Fiction and Art

Examining works by Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Faith Ringgold, and Betye Saar, this innovative book frames black women's aesthetic ...

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Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women , Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present

The forces that shaped the institution of slavery in the American South endured, albeit in altered form, long after slavery was abolished....

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Sistah Vegan: Food, Identity, Health, and Society: Black Female Vegans Speak

Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American black-identifie...

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