Domestic allegories of political desire: the black heroine's text at the turn of the century
Why did African-American women novelists use idealized stories of bourgeois courtship and marriage to mount arguments on social reform during the last decade of the nineteenth century - a time when resurgent racism conditioned the lives of all black Americans? Such stories now seem like apolitical f...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Why did African-American women novelists use idealized stories of bourgeois courtship and marriage to mount arguments on social reform during the last decade of the nineteenth century - a time when resurgent racism conditioned the lives of all black Americans? Such stories now seem like apolitical fantasies to contemporary readers. In this study, Tate explores this apparent paradox through an examination of the novels of Pauline Hopkins, Emma Kelley, Amelia Johnson, Katherine Tillman, and Frances Harper. Domestic Allegories of Political Desire is more than a literary study; it is also a social and intellectual history - a cultural critique of a period that historian Rayford W. Logan called "the Dark Ages of recent American history." Against a rich contextual framework, extending from abolitionist protest to the Black Aesthetic, Tate argues that the idealized marriage plot in these novels does not merely depict the heroine's happiness and economic prosperity. Instead, that plot encodes a resonant cultural narrative - a domestic allegory - about the political ambitions of an emancipated people. Once this domestic allegory of political desire is unmasked, it can be seen as a significant discourse of the post-Reconstruction era for representing African Americans' collective dreams about freedom and for reconstructing those contested dreams into fictive consummations of civil liberty. Domestic Allegories of Political Desire is cultural criticism, cutting across the traditional disciplines of history, sociology, literature, and ethnology. By examining lost works, this book recovers the domestic heroine as a signifier of citizenship for African Americans, and domesticity as a discourse of black political agency. With this important work, Tate joins the ranks of leading scholars of African-American culture. It is essential reading for those interested in the intersection of race, gender, and class in American, African-American, and women's studies. |
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| spelling | Tate, Claudia Verfasser aut Domestic allegories of political desire the black heroine's text at the turn of the century Claudia Tate New York u.a. Oxford Univ. Pr. 1992 X, 302 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Why did African-American women novelists use idealized stories of bourgeois courtship and marriage to mount arguments on social reform during the last decade of the nineteenth century - a time when resurgent racism conditioned the lives of all black Americans? Such stories now seem like apolitical fantasies to contemporary readers. In this study, Tate explores this apparent paradox through an examination of the novels of Pauline Hopkins, Emma Kelley, Amelia Johnson, Katherine Tillman, and Frances Harper. Domestic Allegories of Political Desire is more than a literary study; it is also a social and intellectual history - a cultural critique of a period that historian Rayford W. Logan called "the Dark Ages of recent American history." Against a rich contextual framework, extending from abolitionist protest to the Black Aesthetic, Tate argues that the idealized marriage plot in these novels does not merely depict the heroine's happiness and economic prosperity. Instead, that plot encodes a resonant cultural narrative - a domestic allegory - about the political ambitions of an emancipated people. Once this domestic allegory of political desire is unmasked, it can be seen as a significant discourse of the post-Reconstruction era for representing African Americans' collective dreams about freedom and for reconstructing those contested dreams into fictive consummations of civil liberty. Domestic Allegories of Political Desire is cultural criticism, cutting across the traditional disciplines of history, sociology, literature, and ethnology. By examining lost works, this book recovers the domestic heroine as a signifier of citizenship for African Americans, and domesticity as a discourse of black political agency. With this important work, Tate joins the ranks of leading scholars of African-American culture. It is essential reading for those interested in the intersection of race, gender, and class in American, African-American, and women's studies. Geschichte 1877-1915 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1890-1903 gnd rswk-swf Allegorieën gtt Allégorie Amerikaans gtt Désir dans la littérature Femmes écrivains noires américaines - 1870-1914 ram Helden (personen) gtt Huwelijk gtt Héroïnes dans la littérature Letterkunde gtt Mariage dans la littérature Negers gtt Noires américaines - Dans la littérature ram Noires américaines - Vie intellectuelle Noires américaines dans la littérature Politique et littérature - États-Unis Roman américain - 1870-1914 ram Roman américain - Auteurs noirs américains - Histoire et critique Roman américain - Femmes écrivains noires américaines - Histoire et critique ram Roman américain - Histoire et critique Roman familial américain - Histoire et critique Vrouwen gtt Écrits de femmes américains - Histoire et critique Frau Literatur Schwarze Weibliche Schwarze. Amerika African American women in literature African American women Intellectual life Allegory American fiction African American authors History and criticism American fiction Women authors History and criticism Desire in literature Domestic fiction, American History and criticism Heroines in literature Marriage in literature Politics and literature United States Women and literature United States Frauenliteratur (DE-588)4113622-6 gnd rswk-swf Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd rswk-swf Frauenroman (DE-588)4134195-8 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Frauenliteratur (DE-588)4113622-6 s Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 s Geschichte 1877-1915 z DE-604 Frauenroman (DE-588)4134195-8 s Geschichte 1890-1903 z |
| spellingShingle | Tate, Claudia Domestic allegories of political desire the black heroine's text at the turn of the century Allegorieën gtt Allégorie Amerikaans gtt Désir dans la littérature Femmes écrivains noires américaines - 1870-1914 ram Helden (personen) gtt Huwelijk gtt Héroïnes dans la littérature Letterkunde gtt Mariage dans la littérature Negers gtt Noires américaines - Dans la littérature ram Noires américaines - Vie intellectuelle Noires américaines dans la littérature Politique et littérature - États-Unis Roman américain - 1870-1914 ram Roman américain - Auteurs noirs américains - Histoire et critique Roman américain - Femmes écrivains noires américaines - Histoire et critique ram Roman américain - Histoire et critique Roman familial américain - Histoire et critique Vrouwen gtt Écrits de femmes américains - Histoire et critique Frau Literatur Schwarze Weibliche Schwarze. Amerika African American women in literature African American women Intellectual life Allegory American fiction African American authors History and criticism American fiction Women authors History and criticism Desire in literature Domestic fiction, American History and criticism Heroines in literature Marriage in literature Politics and literature United States Women and literature United States Frauenliteratur (DE-588)4113622-6 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd Frauenroman (DE-588)4134195-8 gnd |
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| title_full | Domestic allegories of political desire the black heroine's text at the turn of the century Claudia Tate |
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| topic | Allegorieën gtt Allégorie Amerikaans gtt Désir dans la littérature Femmes écrivains noires américaines - 1870-1914 ram Helden (personen) gtt Huwelijk gtt Héroïnes dans la littérature Letterkunde gtt Mariage dans la littérature Negers gtt Noires américaines - Dans la littérature ram Noires américaines - Vie intellectuelle Noires américaines dans la littérature Politique et littérature - États-Unis Roman américain - 1870-1914 ram Roman américain - Auteurs noirs américains - Histoire et critique Roman américain - Femmes écrivains noires américaines - Histoire et critique ram Roman américain - Histoire et critique Roman familial américain - Histoire et critique Vrouwen gtt Écrits de femmes américains - Histoire et critique Frau Literatur Schwarze Weibliche Schwarze. Amerika African American women in literature African American women Intellectual life Allegory American fiction African American authors History and criticism American fiction Women authors History and criticism Desire in literature Domestic fiction, American History and criticism Heroines in literature Marriage in literature Politics and literature United States Women and literature United States Frauenliteratur (DE-588)4113622-6 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd Frauenroman (DE-588)4134195-8 gnd |
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