Emancipation's Daughters: Reimagining Black Femininity and the National Body

by Riché Richardson

In Emancipation's Daughters, Rich Richardson examines iconic black women leaders who have contested racial stereotypes and constructed new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States. Drawing on literary texts and cultural representations, Richardson shows how five emblematic black women--Mary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyonc --have challenged white-centered definitions of American identity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478009918
• ISBN13: 9781478009917
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"