Publication

2012 - University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

73,000 words, Guess

Page Count

292 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781580464215
  • Open LibraryOL25282979M

Classifications

  • DDC305.48/896073
  • LCCE185.86 .G427 2012
  • LCCE185.86.G427 2012
and 1 more
  • LCCE185.86 .I67 2012

Description

This collection builds on decades of interdisciplinary work by historians of African American women as well as scholars of feminist and critical race theory, bridging the gap between well-developed theories of race, gender, and power and the practice of historical research. It examines how racial and gender identity is constructed from individuals' lived experiences in specific historical contexts, such as westward expansion, civil rights movements, or economic depression as well as by national and transnational debates over marriage, citizenship and sexual mores. All of these essays consider multiple aspects of identity, including sexuality, class, religion, and nationality, among others, but the volume emphasizes gender and race as principal bases of identity and locations of power and oppression in American history. -- Publisher description.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Gender and race in American history -- v. 3

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