"Why sit ye here and Die"? Counter-Hegemonic Histories of the Black Female Intellectual in Nineteenth Century America

Fraser, R.; Griffin, M.

doi:10.1017/s0021875820000389

"Why sit ye here and Die"? Counter-Hegemonic Histories of the Black Female Intellectual in Nineteenth Century America

Fraser, R.; Griffin, M.

Authors

R. Fraser

Dr Martyn Griffin martyn.a.griffin@durham.ac.uk
Dissertation/SCA/SBP Supervisor

Abstract

This paper examines the work and lives of black female activist-Intellectuals in the years before the formation of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC) in 1896. Looking deeper at arguments originally made by Maria Stewart concerning the denial of black women's ambitions and limiting potential in their working lives, the analysis employs the work of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci, in particular his notion of the intellectual, to help reflect on the centrality of these black women in the development of an early counterhegemonic movement.

Citation

Fraser, R., & Griffin, M. (2020). "Why sit ye here and Die"? Counter-Hegemonic Histories of the Black Female Intellectual in Nineteenth Century America. Journal of American Studies, 54(5), 1005-1031. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021875820000389

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Dec 20, 2019
Online Publication Date	Feb 20, 2020
Publication Date	2020-12
Deposit Date	Jan 8, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Jan 9, 2020
Journal	Journal of American Studies
Print ISSN	0021-8758
Electronic ISSN	1469-5154
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	54
Issue	5
Pages	1005-1031
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021875820000389
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1274408

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