Autobiography as activism, three Black women of the Sixties, Margo V. Perkins
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Label
Autobiography as activism, three Black women of the Sixties, Margo V. Perkins
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Autobiography as activism
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
318813220
Responsibility statement
Margo V. Perkins
Series statement
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Sub title
three Black women of the Sixties
Summary
A study of three Black Power narratives as instruments for radical social change.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
"I am we": Black women activists writing autobiography -- Literary antecedents in the struggle for freedom -- On becoming: Activists' reflections on their formative experiences -- Autobiography as political/personal Intervention -- Gender and power dynamics in 1960s -- Black nationalist struggle -- Reading intertextually: Black power narratives then and now
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Subject
- Autobiography + Women authors
- African Americans + Biography + History and criticism
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African American women political activists + Biography + History and criticism
- Davis, Angela Y., Angela Yvonne, 1944-
- African American women + Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Shakur, Assata
- American prose literature + African American authors + History and criticism
- African American women in literature
- Brown, Elaine, 1943-
- Autobiography + African American authors
- American prose literature + Women authors + History and criticism
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- Autobiography + Women authors
- African Americans + Biography + History and criticism
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African American women political activists + Biography + History and criticism
- Davis, Angela Y., Angela Yvonne, 1944-
- African American women + Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Shakur, Assata
- American prose literature + African American authors + History and criticism
- African American women in literature
- Brown, Elaine, 1943-
- Autobiography + African American authors
- American prose literature + Women authors + History and criticism
- Content1
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