All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900 (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807858455 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Provides detailed accounts. Documents how these women shaped and defined the nature of American public culture in the 19th century.--Journal of African American HistoryConvincingly illustrates the degree to which the women question influenced all aspects of northern black culture from the 1830s onward. Well-written and thoroughly researched.--Journal of Social History. Jones distinguishes African American women's voices, spaces, and places, focusing on the unique aspects of their multidimensional existence
The subject of the book is interesting and important; The subject of the book is interesting and important; however, I was not convinced by the author's argument and the ways layout of the argument. Four Stars Arrived on time, no drama. I am pleased
. Jones is associate professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies and visiting professor of law at the University of Michigan. Martha S
Covering three generations of black women activists, Jones demonstrates that their approach was not unanimous or monolithic but changed over time and took a variety of forms, from a woman's right to control her body to her right to vote. All Bound Up Together explores the roles black women played in their communities' social movements and the consequences of elevating women into positions of visibility and leadership. Through a far-ranging look at politics, church, and social life, Jones demonstrates how women have helped shape the course of black public culture.. Martha Jones reveals how, through the nineteenth century, the "woman question" was at the core of movements against slavery and for civil rights.Unlike white women activists, who often created their own institutions separate from men, black women, Jones explains, often organized within already existing institutions--churches, political organizations, mutual aid societies, and schools. The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged