Ar'n't I a Woman?
Female Slaves in the Plantation South
Book • 1999
This book reviews and updates the scholarship on slave women and the slave family, exploring new ways of understanding the intersection of race and gender.
It compares the myths that stereotyped female slaves with the realities of their lives and discusses how black women experienced freedom in the Reconstruction South.
The study delves into the life cycles of female slaves, their roles within the family and community, and their resistance to economic and sexual oppression.
It also examines the contrasting Jezebel and Mammy mythologies and the unique challenges faced by black women in slavery.
It compares the myths that stereotyped female slaves with the realities of their lives and discusses how black women experienced freedom in the Reconstruction South.
The study delves into the life cycles of female slaves, their roles within the family and community, and their resistance to economic and sexual oppression.
It also examines the contrasting Jezebel and Mammy mythologies and the unique challenges faced by black women in slavery.
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