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From the kitchen to the parlor : language and becoming in African American women's hair care

Jacobs-Huey, Lanita - 2006

When is hair "just hair" and when is it not "just hair"? Documenting the politics of African American women's hair …, and other contexts to illuminate how and why hairmatters in African American women's day-to-day experiences …

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The color of stone : sculpting the black female subject in nineteenth-century America

Nelson, Charmaine - 2007

In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculptureÑcolor. Considering three major worksÑHiram PowersÕs Greek Slave, William Wetmore StoryÕs Cleopatra, and Edmonia LewisÕs Death of CleopatraÑshe explores the...

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Entitled to the Pedestal : Place, Race, and Progress in White Southern Women's Writing,1920-1945

Lewis, Nghana tamu - 2007

white women writers: Julia Peterkin, Gwen Bristow, Caroline Gordon, Willa Cather, and Lillian Smith. At the core of this …

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Opportunity Denied : Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work

Branch, Enobong - 2011

Opportunity Denied is the first comprehensive look at changes in race, gender, and women's work across time, comparing … the labor force experiences of Black women to White women, Black men and White men. From free Black women in 1860 to Black … women in 2008, the experience of discrimination in seeking and keeping a job has been determinedly constant. Branch focuses …