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This study of the construction of black womanhood in Jamaica between 1865 and 1938 sheds new light on the struggle for full and equal citizenship of people of African descent in the post-emancipation British Caribbean. -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Map of Jamaica
Introduction
1. ‘Me shame you know’: The ideal and real of lower-class women’s sexuality
2. A woman’s natural destiny: African-Jamaican women and marriage
3. To be a good woman is to be a good mother: Turning African-Jamaican women into self-effacing, loving and caring mothers
4. ‘Men are not the only labourers’: African-Jamaican women and man’s sphere of work
5. ‘We are equal to the men in ability to do anything!’: The status and practice of African-Jamaican women’s citizenship
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Destined for a Life of Service

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 1 June 2011
      ISBN-13 9780719080289
      978-0719080289
      ISBN-10 719080282

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study of the construction of black womanhood in Jamaica between 1865 and 1938 sheds new light on the struggle for full and equal citizenship of people of African descent in the post-emancipation British Caribbean. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Abbreviations
      Map of Jamaica
      Introduction
      1. ‘Me shame you know’: The ideal and real of lower-class women’s sexuality
      2. A woman’s natural destiny: African-Jamaican women and marriage
      3. To be a good woman is to be a good mother: Turning African-Jamaican women into self-effacing, loving and caring mothers
      4. ‘Men are not the only labourers’: African-Jamaican women and man’s sphere of work
      5. ‘We are equal to the men in ability to do anything!’: The status and practice of African-Jamaican women’s citizenship
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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