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Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South

Deborah Gray White

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This new edition of Ar'n't I a Woman? reviews and updates the scholarship on slave women and the slave family, exploring new ways of understanding the intersection of race and gender and comparing the myths that stereotyped female slaves with the realities of their lives. Finally, this groundbreaking study shows us how black women experienced freedom in the Reconstruction South - their heroic struggle to gain their rights, hold their families together, resist economic and sexual oppression, and maintain their sense of womanhood against all odds.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Feb 17th, 1999
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.38in - 5.46in - 0.65in - 0.52lb
  • EAN: 9780393314816
  • Categories: • Women's Studies• Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Bl• Slavery

About the Author

White, Deborah Gray: - Deborah Gray White is the Board of Governors Professor of History and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is the author of Ar'n't I A Woman? and Too Heavy a Load, amongst other books.

Praise for this book

Told with human sympathy and professional skill...Ar'n't I a Woman? moves well beyond mere revisionism; it is as important as it is overdue.--James Oakes, author of Freedom National
This small but important book should be read by everyone interested in the subjects of freedom and equality. Which means most of us.-- "Kirkus Reviews"