TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lewis,Janaka Bowman
TI  - Freedom narratives of African American women: a study of 19th century writings 
SN  - 9781476667782 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - PS153.N5 L457 2017
U1  - 810.9/928708996073 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - American literature
KW  - African American women authors
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Slave narratives
KW  - United States
KW  - African American women in literature
KW  - Liberty in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-172) and index; Introduction: black women and the materiality of freedom -- Women writing black: literary glimpses into African American history -- Moving free: black women's bodies and freedom -- Elizabeth Keckley and freedom's labor -- "Fiction"ing freedom: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's novelistic tradition -- Reflections on freedom, or freedom retold -- Epilogue: freedom's promise: coming of age narratives in African America
N2  - "Stories of liberation from enslavement or oppression have become central to African American women's literature. An examination of the collective free identity of black women and their relationships to the community focuses on education, individual progress, marriage and family, labor, intellectual commitments and community rebuilding projects"--
ER  -