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Womansaints : the saintly portrayal of select African-American and Latina cultural heroines.

Title
Womansaints : the saintly portrayal of select African-American and Latina cultural heroines.
Author
Brevard, Lisa Pertillar.
Publication
New Orleans : University Press of the South, 2002.

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Description
xvi, 231 p.; 22 cm.
Uniform Title
French studies (New Orleans, La.) ; 16.
Alternative Title
Woman saints
Subject
  • Cruz, Celia
  • Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
  • Kahlo, Frida
  • Fuller, Meta Warrick, 1877-1968
  • Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • Huerta, Dolores, 1930-
  • Hamer, Fannie Lou
  • Women heroes > United States
  • Women heroes > Latin America
  • African American women
  • Women > South America
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes preface, appendix, bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Wielding the word : Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) and Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) -- Musical monarchs : "Queen of Salsa" Celia Cruz (c1929) and "Queen of Gospel" Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) -- Cultural, cultural awakenings : Frida Kahlo (1907-1954 and Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968) -- "This little light of mine" : the political activism of Dolores Clara Huerta (b. 1930) and Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977).
ISBN
1889431494
OCLC
  • 51262563
  • SCSB-10524662
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library