Love, activism, and the respectable life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson / Tara T. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Tara T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935--Biography.

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore.

Authors, American--Biography.

Authors, American.

African American authors--Biography.

African American authors.

African American political activists--Biography.

African American political activists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Summary:

"Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable identity, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a pioneering activist, writer, suffragist, and educator. Until now, Dunbar-Nelson has largely been viewed only in relation to her abusive ex-husband, the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. This is the first book-length look at this major figure in Black women's history, covering her life from the post-reconstruction era through the Harlem Renaissance. Tara T. Green builds on Black feminist, sexuality, historical and cultural studies to create a literary biography that examines Dunbar-Nelson's life and legacy as a respectable activist - a woman who navigated complex challenges associated with resisting racism and sexism, and who defined her sexual identity and sexual agency within the confines of respectability politics. It's a book about the past, but it's also a book about the present that nods to the future."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introducing a Respectable Activist

1. A Respectable Activist Is Born

2. The New Negro Woman in Alice's Literature

3. Activism, Love, and Pain

4. Love and Writing

5. Finding Alice After Paul

6. Love and Education

7. Ms. Dunbar and Politics

8. New Negro Woman's Activism

9. Family, Film, and the Paper

10. The Respectable Activist's Harlem Renaissance

11. Love, Desire, and Writing 12. 'til Death Does the Activist Part

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501382345

1501382349

9781501382321

1501382322

9781501382338

1501382330

OCLC:

1263247153