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Written by Herself

Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892

By: Frances Smith Foster

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Written by Herself

Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892

By: Frances Smith Foster

...substantial contribution to African-American Studies and women's studies." --Mississippi Quarterly "A bravura performance by an accomplished scholar... it strikes a perfect balance between insightful literary analysis and historical investigation." --Eighteenth-Century Studies "... an impressive study of a wide range of writers.... Foster's work is both scholarly and accessible. Her prose is economical and direct, making this book enjoyable as well as instructive." --Belles Lettres "... an impressively wide-ranging discussion of texts and contexts... " --Signs "Foster has written a fine book that provides the reader with a context for understanding the importance of the written word for women who chose to 'set the record straight'." --Journal of American History "... fascinating, meticulously researched... Likely to prove seminal in the field... highly recommended... " --Library Journal " Written by Herself comprises a volume of remarkable female characters whose desires for social change often made them catalysts for spiritual awakening in their own times." --MultiCultural Review "... an outstanding piece of scholarship... Foster's book offers deeply intelligent, provocative, totally accessible analysis of a tradition and of writers still not sufficiently read and taught." --American Literature "Well written and thoroughly researched. Highly recommended... " --Choice The first comprehensive cultural history of literature by African American women prior to the 20th century. From the oral histories of Alice, a slave born in 1686, to the literary tradition that included Jarena Lee and Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert, this literature was argument, designed to correct or to instruct an audience often ignorant about or even hostile to black women.

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Indiana University Press

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025320786X

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9780253207869

Buster's Big Surprise

By: Frances Smith

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Buster's Big Surprise

By: Frances Smith

My husband and I lived in Arlington, VA, for 15 years, in a cozy condominium until they retired. While we were there, my husband's health took a slight turn and he spent some time recovering. As he convalesced, he watched the neighbors around the block walk their dogs along the sidewalk from the living room window. Valentine's Day was quickly approaching and I thought to surprise him with a stuffed animal. I ventured out to our department store and purchased a stuffed puppy and some chocolates to comfort him. He was delighted when I presented him this surprise. This small gesture of love seemed to ease the desire for an animate dog. It was actually my husband's illness and passion for dogs, that inspired me to write a series of books under the umbrella of "Buster's Big Adventure's." My first book, "A Puppy's Special Day," is almost true to life. “Buster's Big Surprise” is the second book of five more under this series.

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1682137716

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9781682137710

Bande de Filles

Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France

By: Frances Smith

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Bande de Filles

Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France

By: Frances Smith

Few films in the twenty-first century have represented coming-of-age with the beauty and brutality of Bande de Filles (or Girlhood). This book provides an in-depth examination of Céline Sciamma’s film, focusing on its portrayal of female adolescence in contemporary Paris. Motivated by the absence of black female characters in French cinema, Sciamma represents the lives of figures that have passed largely unnoticed on the big screen. While observing the girls’ tough circumstances, Sciamma’s film emphasises the joy and camaraderie found in female friendships. This book places Girlhood in its cinematic as well as its sociocultural context. Pop music, urban violence, and female friendships are all considered here in a book that draws out the complexity of Sciamma’s deceptively simple portrayal of coming-of-age. Thoughtful, concise, and deeply contemporary, this book is perfect for students, scholars, and general readers interested in youth cultures, European cinema, gender, and sexuality.

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136

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Routledge

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1351031600

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9781351031608

THORN IN THE FLESH

By: Frances Smith

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THORN IN THE FLESH

By: Frances Smith

When you're serving the Lord, it's easy to think you have extra spiritual protection. You do, but the Lord often does make you live with the consequences of your actions. Life's most important lessons come during those tough times. Mark Smith learned that the hard way. He'd just come home from a life-changing year in the Alaskan mission field. He'd survived near-death experiences in the brutal Arctic cold and had made a difference in the lives of the people of Nome. He was confident about the path he was on. It took just over a minute on a mechanical bull to change his life forever. Used to tack- ling any physical challenge, now he couldn't. It was an effort to walk from place to place. Sitting in any position was intolerable. Praying for relief did no good. Reading again how the apostle Paul dealt with his own thorn in the flesh was little comfort. Mark came face to face with the age-old theological question: Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? Thorn in the Flesh is about living with consequences, abandoning pride, and learning brutal humility. It's about immense spiritual growth, trusting God in the face of a life- long, devastating injury, and putting everything in His hands. Join Mark on his exciting adventure as he, in his unusual style, effects change on several fronts. He adapts to mountain culture and makes an impact on an entire rural community. He establishes a unique campus ministry that continues to flourish today. Along the way, he finds time for a little romance. Could this woman be the one God intended for him?

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Ordinary Man Trilogy

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1581696477

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9781581696479

Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph

Three Rediscovered Novels

By: Frances Harper

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Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph

Three Rediscovered Novels

By: Frances Harper

Winner of the College Language Association Book Award Frances Smith Foster has rediscovered three novels by Frances E. W. Harper, the best-known African-American writer of the nineteenth century and author of the classic Iola Leroy. Originally serialized in issues of The Christian Recorder between 1868 and 1888, these works address issues of passing, social responsibility, courtship, sexuality, and temperance, and are the first to have been written specifically for an African-American audience.

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Beacon Press

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0807062332

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9780807062333

'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part

Love and Marriage in African America

By: Frances Smith Foster

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'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part

Love and Marriage in African America

By: Frances Smith Foster

Conventional wisdom tells us that marriage was illegal for African Americans during the antebellum era, and that if people married at all, their vows were tenuous ones: "until death or distance do us part." It is an impression that imbues beliefs about black families to this day. But it's a perception primarily based on documents produced by abolitionists, the state, or other partisans. It doesn't tell the whole story. Drawing on a trove of less well-known sources including family histories, folk stories, memoirs, sermons, and especially the fascinating writings from the Afro-Protestant Press,'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part offers a radically different perspective on antebellum love and family life. Frances Smith Foster applies the knowledge she's developed over a lifetime of reading and thinking. Advocating both the potency of skepticism and the importance of story-telling, her book shows the way toward a more genuine, more affirmative understanding of African American romance, both then and now.

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Oxford University Press

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019971651X

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9780199716517

Witnessing Slavery

The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives

By: Frances Smith Foster

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Witnessing Slavery

The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives

By: Frances Smith Foster

**** New edition of the Greenwood Press original of 1979 (which is cited in BCL3), with a new introduction, chapter, and a supplementary bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299142140

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9780299142148

Buster Meets Rodney the Golden Retriever

By: Frances J. J. Smith

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Buster Meets Rodney the Golden Retriever

By: Frances J. J. Smith

In the continuing life of Buster, he takes a walk around the neighborhood, hoping to share his favorite blue ball with other dogs. He realizes that there is a park down the street where he lives. As he goes into the park, he hears a running stream and goes toward it. As he gets closer, he loses his footing and down into the water he goes, along with his favorite blue ball. Across the stream, sat a golden retriever named Rodney. He sees Buster slip into the fast running water and desperately tries to save himself. When Rodney hears Buster's cry for help, he quickly dives into the water and pulls Buster out. As they sit together and dry off, Buster realizes that this is the kind of friend he could ask anything that is troubling him. Rodney who is much wiser than Buster shares his insight about life and some lessons Buster needs to learn.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1640274960

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Haralambos and Holborn Sociology, Themes and Perspectives

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By: Frances Smith

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Haralambos and Holborn Sociology, Themes and Perspectives

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By: Frances Smith

To provide the complete package for AS and A2 level Sociology (AQA, OCR and Edexcel), the bestselling textbook now comes with a fully photocopiable resource pack for teachers. 1. Sociological Perspectives 2. Social Stratification 3. Sex and Gender 4. Race, Ethnicity and Nationality 5. Poverty and Social Exclusion 6. Health 7. Crime and Deviance 8. Religion 9. Families and Households 10. Power, Politics and the State 11. Work, Unemployment and Leisure 11. Education 12. Culture and Identity 13. Communication and the Media 14. Methodology 15. Sociological Theory

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Collins

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0007171102

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9780007171101

Written by Herself

Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892

By: Frances Smith Foster

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Written by Herself

Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892

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Witnessing Slavery

The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives

By: Frances Smith Foster

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The Development of Ante-bellum Slave Narratives

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'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part

Love and Marriage in African America

By: Frances Smith Foster

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Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph

Three Rediscovered Novels

By: Frances Harper

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Three Rediscovered Novels

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Iola Leroy

By: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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Iola Leroy

By: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

A landmark account of the African American experience during the Civil War and its aftermath First published in 1892, this stirring novel by the great writer and activist Frances Harper tells the story of the young daughter of a wealthy Mississippi planter who travels to the North to attend school, only to be sold into slavery in the South when it is discovered that she has Negro blood. After she is freed by the Union army, she works to reunify her family and embrace her heritage, committing herself to improving the conditions for Blacks in America. Through her fascinating characters-including Iola's brother, who fights at the front in a colored regiment-Harper weaves a vibrant and provocative chronicle of the Civil War and its consequences through African American eyes in this critical contribution to the nation's literature.

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Penguin

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014310604X

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9780143106043

Iola Leroy

Or Shadows Uplifted

By: Frances E.W. Harper

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Iola Leroy

Or Shadows Uplifted

By: Frances E.W. Harper

First published in 1892, Iola Leroy was probably the best-selling novel by an African-American writer prior to the twentieth century. Frances Harper had already gained an international reputation as a writer, lecturer, and political activist when Iola Leroy—her only novel—appeared, as evident by the sizable audience she enjoyed of men and women, black and white, in the U.S., Canada, and England. Her writings reveal her in-depth knowledge of African-American literature as well as of other literatures, and through this novel we can see the preferences and aesthetic assumptions of her nineteenth-century audience.

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Oxford University Press

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0195063244

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9780195063240

Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814

1784 Tax List, Guardians' Accounts 1794-1819 ; And, Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1814-1843 : Guardians' Accounts 1819-1847, 1850 & 1860 Census Mortality Schedules, Powers of Attorney from Deed Books 1777-1880 : Two Volumes in One

By: Katharine Kerr Kendall,Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson

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Caswell County, North Carolina, Will Books 1777-1814

By: Katharine Kerr Kendall,Mary Frances Kerr Donaldson

Following the Glorious Revolution, the supporters of the House of Stuart, known as Jacobites, could be found throughout the British Isles. The Scottish county of Angus, or Forfarshire, made a significant contribution to the Jacobite armies of 1715 and 1745. David Dobson has compiled a list of about 900 persons--including not only soldiers but also civilians who lent crucial support to the rebellion. Arranged alphabetically, the entries always give the full name of the Jacobite, his occupation, his rank, date of service and unit (if military), and, sometimes, the individual's date of birth, the names of his parents, a specific place of origin, and a wide range of destinations to which the Jacobites fled after each of the failed insurrections.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806347147

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9780806347141

A Brighter Coming Day

A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader

By: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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A Brighter Coming Day

A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader

By: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) was the most important and the most popular black feminist abolitionist writer and activist of the nineteenth century. A Brighter Day Coming, the most comprehensive collection of her works, includes all the poems from Harper's extant original volumes, plus many that have never been collected and one that was discovered in manuscript; speeches; and a selection of prose, including excerpts from the novel Iola Leroy and the serialized novel Fancy Etchings, and a generous group of letters ..."--Back cover.

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Feminist Press at CUNY

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1558610200

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9781558610200

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