Emancipation's Daughters

Reimagining Black Femininity and the National Body

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Author(s)
Richardson, Riché
Collection
Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)
Language
English
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Abstract
Riché Richardson examines how five iconic black women—Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé—defy racial stereotypes and construct new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51646
Keywords
Black women; black queer and trans women; the Africana South; national femininity; democracy; black mothers; advertising and media stereotypes; Aunt Jemima
DOI
10.1215/9781478012504
ISBN
9781478090915, 9781478012504, 9781478009917, 9781478010975, 9781478090915
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/
Publication date and place
Durham, 2021
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Pages
324
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/