Emancipation's daughters : re-imagining black femininity and the national body / Riché Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Riché, 1971- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American women.

African American women--Political activity--History--21st century.

African American leadership.

Leadership in women--United States.

Leadership in women.

African American women--Political activity.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 298 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"Riché Richardson examines how five iconic black women--Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé--defy racial stereotypes and construct new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An Exemplary American Woman

Mary McLeod Bethune's "My Last Will and Testament" and Her National Legacy

From Rosa Parks's Quiet Strength to Memorializing a National Mother

America's Chief Diplomat: The Politics of Condoleezza Rice from Autobiography to Art and

Fashion

First Lady and "Mom-in-Chief": The Voice and Vision of Michelle Obama in the Video South

Side Girl and in American Grown

Beyoncé's South and the Birth of a "Formation" Nation

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Richardson, Riché, 1971- Emancipation's daughters.

ISBN:

9781478012504

1478012501

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.