Notes from a Colored Girl
Author | : Karsonya Wise Whitehead |
Publisher | : Women's Diaries and Letters of |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 1611173523 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781611173529 |
Rating | : 4/5 (529 Downloads) |
Download or read book Notes from a Colored Girl written by Karsonya Wise Whitehead and published by Women's Diaries and Letters of. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notes from a Colored Girl is a unique offering to the fields of history and documentary editing as the book includes both a six-chapter historical reconstruction of Davis's life and a full, heavily annotated edition of her Civil War-era pocket diaries. Drawing on scholarly traditions from history, literature, feminist studies, and sociolinguistics, Whitehead investigates Davis's diary both as a complete literary artifact and in terms of her specific daily entries. From a historical perspective, Whitehead re-creates the narrative of Davis's life for those three years and analyzes the black community where she lived and worked. From a literary perspective, Whitehead examines Davis's diary as a socially, racially, and gendered nonfiction text. From a feminist studies perspective, she examines Davis's agency and identity, grounded in theories elaborated by black feminist scholars.