{"product_id":"activist-sentiments","title":"Activist Sentiments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eActivist Sentiments\u003c\/i\u003e takes as its subject women who in fewer than fifty years moved from near literary invisibility to prolific productivity. Grounded in primary research and paying close attention to the historical archive, this book offers against-the-grain readings of the literary and activist work of Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, Frances E. W. Harper, Victoria Earle Matthews and Amelia E. Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart literary criticism and part cultural history, \u003ci\u003eActivist Sentiments\u003c\/i\u003e examines nineteenth-century social, political, and representational literacies and reading practices. P. Gabrielle Foreman reveals how Black women's complex and confrontational commentary–often expressed directly in their journalistic prose and organizational involvement--emerges in their sentimental, and simultaneously political, literary production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54230998417752,"sku":"9780252034749","price":100.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780252034749.jpg?v=1779254135","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/activist-sentiments","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}