02395nam a2200457 a 4500 ebr10273466 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050411s2005 ncua sb s001 0 eng 2005010229 0807829811 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807856487 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646793176 n-us--- PS366.A35 S26 2005eb 818/.408099287/08996073 22 Santamarina, Xiomara. Belabored professions [electronic resource] : narratives of African American working womanhood / Xiomara Santamarina. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005. xiv, 222 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Race, work, and literary authority in the Narrative of Sojourner Truth -- The view from below : menial labor and self-reliance in Harriet Wilson's Our Nig -- Enterprising women and the labors of femininity : Eliza Potter, Cincinnati hairdresser -- Behind the scenes of Black labor : Elizabeth Keckley and the scandal of publicity. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American prose literature African American authors History and criticism. American prose literature Women authors History and criticism. American prose literature 19th century History and criticism. Women and literature United States History 19th century. African American women Biography History and criticism. African American women Intellectual life 19th century. African American women in the professions History. African American women Employment History. Narration (Rhetoric) History 19th century. Autobiography African American authors. African American women in literature. Autobiography Women authors. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273466 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 6937 6937