'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part - 9780195328523
Un libro in lingua di Foster Frances Smith edito da Oxford University Press, 2010
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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.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: 'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part
- Sottotitolo: Marriage and the Making of African America
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Foster Frances Smith
- Editore: Oxford University Press
- Collana: (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 12 Gennaio '10
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Argomenti : African Americans Marriage History African Americans Marriage customs and rites History Slaves Family relationships United States History
- Pagine: 198
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 146 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0195328523
- EAN-13: 9780195328523