Chewed water : a memoir / Aishah Rahman aka Virginia Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahman, Aishah.

Contributor:

Nelson, Jill, 1952- writer of introduction.

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014, writer of afterword.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rahman, Aishah.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography.

Dramatists, American.

African American dramatists.

African American families.

African American women.

New York (State)--New York.

African American women--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

African American families--New York (State)--New York.

African American dramatists--Biography.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Biography.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Local Subjects:

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 228 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, 2001.

Summary:

These memoirs of young Zionist women who emigrated to Palestine at the turn of the century offer an intimate look at life on a veritable frontier. Memoirists discuss tensions in communal living, disclosing the hardships of working and raising families in isolated agricultural colonies. Nonetheless, their narratives show them to be keenly motivated by the vision of creating a Jewish homeland, an egalitarian society that would foster and celebrate individual growth, sustain family life, and provide a secure future for all.

First published in 1932 -- and long out of print -- this new, fully-annotated edition includes biographies of the book's original contributors, photographs, a glossary of terms, and a map of pre-state Israeli society. The editors' new introductory essays establish the literary and historical context for the memoirs, discuss women in Zionist history, and focus on the work and family issues vexing these early pioneers.

Notes:

Introduction (pages ix-xi) by Jill Nelson; Afterword (pages 227-228) by Amiri Baraka.

"Jacket illustration: Jacob Lawrence, 'Harlem,' watercolor on paper, 1946 ..."

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1584651431

1584651830

OCLC:

47092354