Sojourner Truth and Intersectionality - 9781138389175

Name: Sojourner Truth and Intersectionality - 9781138389175
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Sojourner Truth and IntersectionalityTraveling Truths in Feminist Scholarship\nAuthor(s): Katrine Smiet\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138389175, 978-1138389175\nSynopsis\nSojourner Truth and Intersectionality investigates how the story of the 19th-century abolitionist and womens rights advocate Sojourner Truth has come to be an iconic feminist story, and explores the continued relevance of this story for contemporary feminist debates in general, and intersectionality scholarship in particular. \n\nTracing various academic reception histories of the story of Sojourner Truth and the famous \""Aint I a Woman?\"" speech, the book gives insight into how this story has been taken up by feminist scholars in different times, places, and political contexts. Exploring in particular how and why the story of Sojourner Truth has become a key reference for the theoretical and political framework of intersectionality, the book.