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9780822942351

Managing Literacy, Mothering America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822942351

  • ISBN10:

    0822942356

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-11-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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Summary

Sarah Robbins identifies and defines a new genre in American letters-the domestic literacy narrative-and provides a cultural history of its development throughout the nineteenth century.

Author Biography

Sarah Robbins is a professor of English at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, vii
Introduction: Domestic Literacy and Social Power, 1(10)
1. Literacy and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America, 11(27)
2. New England Authors and the Genre's Social Role, 38(36)
3. Cross-Class Teaching and Domesticated Instruction, 74(42)
4. Uncle Tom's Cabin as a Domestic Literacy Narrative, 116(41)
5. Frances Harper's Literacy Program for Racial Uplift, 157(37)
6. Missionary Motherhood, 194(38)
Conclusion: Jane Addams, Oprah Winfrey, and Schoolteachers' Stories, 232(9)
Notes, 241(58)
Selected Bibliography, 299(20)
Index, 319

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