Fluid, Boundaries, Suffrage, Jim Crow, Jane Crow, Heartland, American
Author(s):
DAMARIS B. HILL - CONTRIBUTIONS BY JASON BARRETT-FOX; DAMARIS B. HILL; TAMMY L. KERNODLE; DENISE LOW-WESO; VALERIE MENDOZA AND JAMES WEST
Book summary:
The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland engages in an important conversation about race relations in the twentieth century and significantly extends the historical narrative of the Civil Rights Movement. The essays in this collection examine instances of racial and gender oppression in the American heartland—which is conceived of here as having a specific cultural significance which resists diversity—in the twentieth century, instances which have often been ignored or overshadowed in typical historical narratives. The contributors explore the intersections of suffrage, race relations, and cultural histories, and add to an ongoing dialogue about representations of race and gender within the context of regional and national narratives.
Publisher:
Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield
Praise:
Quote:
A thoughtful and extensive exploration of connections between the suffrage movement and the Civil Rights movement, The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow is a welcome contribution to college library American History and Sociology collections.
Credit:
Midwest Book Review
Quote:
The American Heartland just got bigger—the essays collected in this volume take intersectional approaches to race, gender, sexuality, and politics to expand our view on lives and cultures in the Midwest.
Credit:
Sherrie Tucker, University of Kansas
Bio:
Short bio:
DaMaris B. Hill is the author of The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland, \ Vi-zə-bəl \ \ Teks-chərs \(Visible Textures), and A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing (Bloomsbury, Jan 2019). She has a keen interest in the work of Toni Morrison and theories regarding ‘rememory’ as a philosophy and aesthetic practice. Hill has studied with writers such as Lucille Clifton, Monifa Love-Asante, Natasha Trethewey, Nikky Finney, Marita Golden, Deborah Willis and others. Her development as a writer has also been enhanced by the institutional support of the MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Key West Literary Seminar/Writers Workshops, Callaloo Literary Writers Workshop, The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities, The Project on the History of Black Writing, The Watering Hole Poetry, The Furious Flower Poetry Center and others. Similar to her creative process, Hill’s scholarly research is interdisciplinary. Hill is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky.
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Book URL:
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739197899/The-Fluid-Boundaries-of-Suffrage-and-Jim-Crow-Staking-Claims-in-the-American-Heartland
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