Press, platform, pulpit : Black feminist publics in the era of reform / Teresa Zackodnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zackodnik, Teresa C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States--History--19th century.

Feminism.

African American clergy.

History.

African American social reformers.

African American feminists.

United States.

African American feminists--History--19th century.

African American social reformers--History--19th century.

African American clergy--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2011]

Summary:

In her third book on early African-American feminism, Zackodnik (English and film studies, U. of Alberta) explores mechanisms by which some of the seminal figures in the movement found audiences among the public. Chapters examine the political context of early black feminism, consider the different speaking styles of early black feminists, and explore locations of black feminism from the church to the press. Among her topics are 19th-century African American preaching women; racial difference, symbolic value, and Sojourner Truth; Ida B. Wells' pedagogy of American lynching; and feminist black nationalism in the press. A selection of archival photographs is included. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Going public : African American feminism in the era of reform

Soul winners and sanctified sisters : Nineteenth-Century African American preaching women

Internationalizing Black feminisms : Ellen Craft, Sarah Parker Remond, and American slavery in the British Isles and Ireland

"I don't know how you will feel when I get through" : racial difference, symbolic value, and sojourner truth

The platform, the pamphlet, and the press : Ida B. Wells's pedagogy of American lynching

"We must be up and doing": feminist Black nationalism in the press

Conclusion : feminist affiliations in a divisive climate : Anna Julia Cooper's "woman versus the Indian".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572338265

1572338261

OCLC:

730114025