{"product_id":"emancipations-daughters-9781478009917","title":"Emancipations Daughters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiché Richardson examines how five iconic black womenMary McLeod Bethune, Rosa Parks, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncédefy racial stereotypes and construct new national narratives of black womanhood in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The women Riché Richardson examines broaden notions of black womanhood in opposition to the dominant imagery perpetuated by filmmakers, advertisers, and other cultural producers in the United States. This broad spectrum of black womanhood from the early twentieth century to the present allows Richardson to make an expansive argument about the role of these women in the broader American imaginary. The idea of black women as mothers of the nation outside of the mammy role is a powerful one that has not been framed in the way Richardson does here. \u003ci\u003eEmancipation's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and important book.” -- Lisa B. Thompson, author of * Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class *\u003cbr\u003e“Riché Richardson has given our tumultuous American moment a brilliant gift. \u003ci\u003eEmancipation’s Daughters \u003c\/i\u003eis an impeccably crafted guide to the struggles, creativity, and iconic labors of African American mothers and their emancipated daughters.” -- Houston A. Baker, Distinguished University Professor, Vanderbilt University\u003cbr\u003e\"Richardson employs a diversity of resources throughout, including political speeches, artistic images and photos, memorials and monuments, biographies and autobiographies, and literary works to consider how Black women leaders have redefined or advanced a notion of American selfhood that is different from the national story of the 'founding fathers.' . . . Throughout the book, Richardson nicely complements the text with images to illustrate her case studies and overall thesis. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEmancipation’s Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e significantly intervenes in how we understand Black women leaders in ways that resist the mama-fication (and even aunt-ification) that most Black women leaders experience in the public sphere. This is most powerfully exemplified in the way Richardson evokes the term 'daughters' as opposed to the familiar framing of Black women leaders as mothers. This strategic choice is quite compelling.\" -- Stacie McCormick * American Literary History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xxi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: An Exemplary American Woman  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mary McLeod Bethune's \"My Last Will and Testament\" and Her National Legacy  39\u003cbr\u003e 2. From Rosa Parks's \u003ci\u003eQuiet Strength\u003c\/i\u003e to Memorializing a National Mother  87\u003cbr\u003e 3. America's Chief Diplomat: The Politics of Condoleezza Rice from Autobiography to Art and Fashion  128\u003cbr\u003e 4. First Lady and \"Mom-in-Chief\": The Voice and Vision of Michelle Obama in the Video \u003ci\u003eSouth Side Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Grown\u003c\/i\u003e  178\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Beyoncé's South and the Birth of a \"Formation\" Nation  220\u003cbr\u003e Notes  235\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  257\u003cbr\u003e Index  281","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408986415447,"sku":"9781478009917","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478009917.jpg?v=1730504976","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emancipations-daughters-9781478009917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}