"Why sit ye here and Die"? Counter-Hegemonic Histories of the Black Female Intellectual in Nineteenth Century America

Fraser, R.; Griffin, M.

Abstract

This paper examines the work and lives of black female activist-Intellectuals in the years before the formation of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs (NACWC) in 1896. Looking deeper at arguments originally made by Maria Stewart concerning the denial of black women's ambitions and limiting potential in their working lives, the analysis employs the work of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci, in particular his notion of the intellectual, to help reflect on the centrality of these black women in the development of an early counterhegemonic movement.

Citation

Fraser, R., & Griffin, M. (2020). "Why sit ye here and Die"? Counter-Hegemonic Histories of the Black Female Intellectual in Nineteenth Century America. Journal of American Studies, 54(5), 1005-1031. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021875820000389

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 20, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Feb 20, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Deposit Date: Jan 8, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 9, 2020
• Journal: Journal of American Studies
• Print ISSN: 0021-8758
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-5154
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1005-1031
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021875820000389
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1274408