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Elite colored women: the material culture of photography & Victorian era womanhood in reconstruction era Memphis.

This article focuses on a small community of elite 'colored' women in Memphis. The origins of this community began with a limited number of free people that established roots in the city during the1830s. Using photography as the main resource, this article examines the role of controlled image-makin...

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Published in:Slavery & Abolition Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 29 - 64
Main Author: Jenkins, Earnestine
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2020
Subjects:
Black women
Wright, Jane
Ferguson, Martha
Photography
Black women in art
Material culture
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Memphis (Tenn.)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost