Dark continent of our bodies : black feminism and the politics of respectability

Dark continent of our bodies : black feminism and the politics of respectability / E. Frances White.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	White, E. Frances
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.
Series:	Mapping racisms.
Subjects:	Feminism > United States > History. Feminists > United States. African American women. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. African American women > Intellectual life. Black nationalism > United States. United States > Race relations.

Table of Contents:

1 Black Feminist Interventions 25
2 Dark Continent of Our Bodies: Constructing Science, Race, and Womanhood in the Nineteenth Century 81
3 Africa on My Mind: Gender, Counterdiscourse, and African-American Nationalism 117
4 Evidence of Things Not Seen: The Alchemy of Race and Sexuality 151.