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Chargement... Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelsonpar Tara T. Green
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"Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson is about the love one Black woman had for her race, of men and women, and, finally, of herself. Born in New Orleans in 1875 to a mother who was a former slave and a father of questionable identity, Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a pioneering woman who actively addressed racial and gender inequalities as a writer, suffragette, educator, and activist. While in her 20s, she took the national stage from New Orleans as an early Black feminist, active with the Black Club Women's Movement. From there, she built important relationships with leaders in New York, Wilmington, DE, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. She used her fiction, drama, poetry, and journalism to give voice to immigrants, poor people, women, Black people, and Creoles of color. Despite chronic illnesses, financial instability, and other struggles, her diaries reveal the ways she put herself first for the good of her mind and body, practices that became necessary after surviving an abusive relationship with Paul Laurence Dunbar-the first of three husbands. Tara T. Green builds on Black feminist, sexuality, historical and cultural studies to construct a biographical study that examines Dunbar-Nelson's life 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"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I think what I found most appealing here is that the approach highlights the places where different aspects of her life met and were often in conflict. Which is exactly the reason I think it can speak to us today as well as about that period of time the book covers. We, all of us, have conflicts between the various aspects of who we are. It isn't a case of dishonesty but rather the fact that we wear different masks, or present different aspects, at different times and in different situations. Because Dunbar-Nelson's life was lived largely in the public eye, and with the desire of making life better for people, these conflicts become amplified and open for critique, rightly or not.
I would recommend this to readers of Black history and social justice movements but I would also highly recommend it to readers who are activists in their own right, regardless of scale. I think it will provide that second group with a positive and affirming sense that apparent disagreement between your ideas doesn't make them less worthy or less worth fighting for. We can all learn from her life and how she lived it.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. ( )