African-American Literature

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Racial Uplift: Acculturation to the Dominant Culture in Contending Forces by Pauline E. Hopkins

October 27, 2011 - 3306 words | African-American Studies » African-american Literature

Domestic fiction reigned in women’s literature during the nineteenth-century. These narratives defined ”True Womanhood,” where the female exemplified four pillars: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness. They are meant to reject the public... Read Article »

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African-American Literature Literary Criticism Acculturation Dominant Culture