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Written by Professor Trudier Harris who explores the differences between Northern and Southern maids and between "mammy" and "militant." She touches on nearly all Black American writers of the twentieth century, but gives extended discussion of works by Charles Chesnutt, Kristin Hunter, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, William Melin Kelley, Alice Childresss, John A. Williams, Douglas Turner Ward, Barbara Woods, Ted Shine, and Ed Bullins.
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From Mammies to Militants. Domestics in Black American Literature, Trudier Harris
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- 2023
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- Title
- From Mammies to Militants. Domestics in Black American Literature
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Trudier Harris
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 203
- ISBN10
- 0877222797
- ISBN13
- 9780877222798
- Series
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Written by Professor Trudier Harris who explores the differences between Northern and Southern maids and between "mammy" and "militant." She touches on nearly all Black American writers of the twentieth century, but gives extended discussion of works by Charles Chesnutt, Kristin Hunter, Toni Morrison, Richard Wright, Ann Petry, William Melin Kelley, Alice Childresss, John A. Williams, Douglas Turner Ward, Barbara Woods, Ted Shine, and Ed Bullins.