Belabored professions : narratives of African American working womanhood / Xiomara Santamarina.

Author/creator Santamarina, Xiomara
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
American prose literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American prose literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
American prose literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
Women and literature--United States. --History. --19th century.
African American women--Biography. --History and criticism.
African American women--Intellectual life. --19th century.
African American women in the professions--History.
African American women--Employment. --History.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History. --19th century.
Autobiography--African American authors.
African American women in literature.
Autobiography--Women authors.

Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-210) and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005010229
ISBN0807829811 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807856487 (pbk. : alk. paper)