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Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Tara T. Green
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
, 2021-12-16
主題
Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
Literary Criticism / Women Authors
Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
Social Science / Gender Studies
Social Science / Black Studies (Global)
Social Science / Women's Studies
Social Science / Discrimination
Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies
ISBN
1501382330
9781501382338
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fcROEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“A fascinating biography of a fascinating woman.” -
Booklist
, starred review
“This definitive look at a remarkable figure delivers the goods.”
-
Publishers Weekly
, starred review
"A brilliant analysis." - Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner
Featured in
Ms. Magazine
's "
Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2022" (
books by or about historically excluded groups)
Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable identity, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a pioneering activist, writer, suffragist, and educator. Until now, Dunbar-Nelson has largely been viewed only in relation to her abusive ex-husband, the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. This is the first book-length look at this major figure in Black women's history, covering her life from the post-reconstruction era through the Harlem Renaissance.
Tara T. Green builds on Black feminist, sexuality, historical and cultural studies to create a literary biography that examines Dunbar-Nelson's life and legacy as a respectable activist – a woman who navigated complex challenges associated with resisting racism and sexism, and who defined her sexual identity and sexual agency within the confines of respectability politics. It's a book about the past, but it's also a book about the present that nods to the future.