Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Professor Tara T. Green (Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, African and African-American Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country
United States
Published
13 January 2022
Pages
280
ISBN
9781501382314

Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Professor Tara T. Green (Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, African and African-American Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)

A fascinating biography of a fascinating woman. - Booklist, starred review
This definitive look at a remarkable figure delivers the goods. - Publishers Weekly, starred review
A brilliant analysis. - Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize winner Featured in Ms. Magazine’s
Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us 2022 (books by or about historically excluded groups)

Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was formerly enslaved and a father of questionable identity, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a pioneering activist, writer, suffragist, and educator. Until now, Dunbar-Nelson has largely been viewed only in relation to her abusive ex-husband, the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. This is the first book-length look at this major figure in Black women’s history, covering her life from the post-reconstruction era through the Harlem Renaissance.

Tara T. Green builds on Black feminist, sexuality, historical and cultural studies to create a literary biography that examines Dunbar-Nelson’s life and legacy as a respectable activist - a woman who navigated complex challenges associated with resisting racism and sexism, and who defined her sexual identity and sexual agency within the confines of respectability politics. It’s a book about the past, but it’s also a book about the present that nods to the future.

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