1. Reassessing the Past - Gender and Slavery
... women analyzes stereotypes constructed of African women brought to the new world. Published in 1972, "Reflections on the Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves", by Angela Davis, discusses ideological origins of the black slave woman's characterization as aggressive and matriarchal by white scholars. Davis claims that although the black woman performed jobs that "expressed the socially conditioned inferiority of women" she was still ... writes that this beastly description represented to Ligon, and similarly-minded Europeans of the time, the sole utility of the black woman's body...
- Word Count: 1150
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate