Frances E. W. Harper: A Call to Conscience - Couverture souple

McKnight, Utz

 
9781509535545: Frances E. W. Harper: A Call to Conscience
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ISBN 10 : 1509535543 ISBN 13 : 9781509535545
Editeur : Polity Press, 2020

Synopsis

Free Black woman, poet, novelist, essayist, speaker, and activist, Frances Watkins Harper was one of the nineteenth century's most important advocates of Abolitionism and female suffrage, and her pioneering work still has profound lessons for us today.

In this new book, Utz McKnight shows how Harper's life and work inspired her contemporaries to imagine a better America. He seeks to recover her importance by examining not only her vision of the possibilities of Emancipation, but also her subsequent role in challenging Jim Crow. He argues that engaging with her ideas and writings is vital in understanding not only our historical inheritance, but also contemporary issues ranging from racial violence to the role of Christianity.

This lucid book is essential reading not only for students of African American history, but also for all progressives interested in issues of race, politics, and society.

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À propos de l'auteur

Utz McKnight is Chair of the Department of Gender and Race Studies, and Professor of Political Science, at the University of Alabama.

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Éditeur
Polity Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1509535543
ISBN 13 
9781509535545
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9781509535538: Frances E. W. Harper: A Call to Conscience

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ISBN 10 :  1509535535 ISBN 13 :  9781509535538
Editeur : Polity Press, 2020
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