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Simpson, Yaalieth Adrienne.

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African-American female identity in the 19th century: The individual and cultural empowerment of Harriet Powers' Bible quilts.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	African-American female identity in the 19th century: The individual and cultural empowerment of Harriet Powers' Bible quilts./
Author:	Simpson, Yaalieth Adrienne.
Description:	213 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-05, Section: A, page: 1444.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-05A.
Subject:	Design and Decorative Arts. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3091295

African-American female identity in the 19th century: The individual and cultural empowerment of Harriet Powers' Bible quilts.
Simpson, Yaalieth Adrienne.

African-American female identity in the 19th century: The individual and cultural empowerment of Harriet Powers' Bible quilts. - 213 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-05, Section: A, page: 1444.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Columbia University Teachers College, 2003.

This dissertation examines the process by which quiltmaking could become a source of individual and cultural empowerment for African American females in the 19th century. It specifically explores the life of Harriet Powers, a premier 19th century quiltmaker. It investigates the typical lifestyle that a 19th century antebellum female craftsperson might have lived. This investigation also explores the limiting, controlled environment of the southern slave plantation and also explores the process for quiltmaking from the perspective of 19th century African American female sewers. Information from slave narratives and insights from researchers John Hope Franklin (1947[1994]), Alfred Moss (1947[1994]), John Blassingame (1972), Deborah Gray White (1985), and Gladys Marie Fry (1990) inform this socio-historical understanding of the life of a seamstress before and after reconstruction. An understanding of empowerment theories relevant to individuals who existed within oppressive circumstances was investigated through the writings of John Blassingame (1972), Paulo Friere (1970), Deborah Gray White (1985), Abraham Maslow (1954 cited in Allen 1999) and Patricia Hill Collins (1990; 1998). Of all these scholars, the most directly applicable research was that of sociologist Patricia Hill Collins and her theory of empowerment (1990).Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Design and Decorative Arts.

African-American female identity in the 19th century: The individual and cultural empowerment of Harriet Powers' Bible quilts.
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