Description
Book SynopsisBlack Femalehood and the Principles of Existence in Practice conceptually frames the complex trajectory of Black femalehood, including contributions and triumphs, methods of resistance, and ways of coping, as well as the impacts of external forces on their physical and psychological wellness.
The book scrutinizes the work of selected female figures and their modes of resistance, including the warriors of the Haitian Revolution, diasporic African descendant combatants for human rights, and academic female writers. From battlefield combats to daily struggles for survival, it illustrates how the battles in which Black females have been compelled to engage have caused centuries of physical, emotional, and psychological distress, well into contemporary times.
This volume will be of use to upper-level undergraduate students as well as graduate students studying gender studies, sociology, Black studies, and politics.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Warriors in Works and Words
1. An Overview: African Female Warriors and Their Legacy in The Americas
2. Female Warriors of the Haitian Revolution: Their Contemporary Descendants
3. Anna J. Cooper’s Intellectual Activism: The Limitations of Production
4. Ida B. Wells: Lion-Hearted Combatant for the Humanity of African Americans
5. Louise Little and Afeni Shakur: Exemplars of Achievements, Individual Collapse and Collective Triumph
6. The Tasks of the Black Female Writer and Educator
Conclusion: "We Will Come Up Again": Black Femalehood and the Afro Future
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