1. Reassessing the Past - Gender and Slavery
However, with the development of women's studies as an accredited academic exploration as well as the emergence of minority histories endorsed by democratically-minded historians throughout the 70's, we have witnessed "the flourishing of almost a cult of pluralism in matters pertaining to history and memory". ... Initial literature on enslaved black women analyzes stereotypes constructed of African women brought to the new world. ... With the emergence of the female gender as a field of study combined with popularized inquiry into minority pasts, history has attained increa...
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