
Teach the Nation
Pedagogies of Racial Uplift in U.S. Women's Writing of the 1890s
Anne-Elizabeth Murdy(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-1-138-98360-1 (ISBN)
Description
Is knowledge power? In Teach the Nation , Anne-Elizabeth Murdy explores the history and contradictions in the notion that education and literacy are vital means for improving social and political status in the US. By closely examining the rapidly shifting social context of education, and the emerging literature by and for African-American women during the 1890s, Murdy proves that the histories of education and literature are deeply connected and argues that their current lives must be regarded as mutually dependent. Teach the Nation offers a new understanding of literacy and pedagogical study and identifies how literary history enhances current feminist and anti-racist teachings. By excavating notions about education in the 1890s-as turbulent a time for American public education as today-Murdy asks readers to step back from this historical moment to better understand the contexts and institutions within which we theorize learning and teaching. In doing so, she compels readers to reimagine the potential for gaining social power through education and literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-98360-1 (9781138983601)
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Pedagogies of Racial Uplift in U.S. Women's Writing of the 1890s
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Content
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter I. Schools and Books: Public Education, Racial Uplift in the Woman's Era, and Literary Studies Chapter II. Go South about 800 Miles: Clubwomen, Missionary Teachers and A Voice From the South Chapter III. Iola Leroy and the Responsibility to Teach Chapter IV. Girls In and Out of School: Education, Community and Nation in Kelley-Hawkins and Hopkins Chapter V. To Create a Generation Unfit for Slavery: Defining Democratic Education EPILOGUE: Public Education and the Properties of Young People WORK CONSULTED