Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson’s Activist Literature

This article illuminates how the meshing of key aspects of Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson’s life and work—writing political activism, teaching—has been obscured by American literary studies’ traditional overreliance on three related assumptions: that diachronicity suffices in accounts of an author’s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Research in African literatures Jg. 55; H. 3; S. 93 - 103
1. Verfasser:	Zagarell, Sandra A
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Bloomington Indiana University Press 22.09.2025
Schlagworte:	Activism Activists African Americans American literature Archives & records Authors Capitalism Diachronic analysis Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906) Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore (1875-1935) Essays Ethnic identity Fiction Football Literary criticism Literary history Personal profiles Political activism Political activity Political appointments Political literature Political movements Political participation Political parties Political science literature Politics in literature Public speaking Racial identity Secondary schools Social aspects Teaching Womens suffrage Works Writers Writing United States United States > US
ISSN:	0034-5210, 1527-2044, 1527-2044
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Zusammenfassung:	This article illuminates how the meshing of key aspects of Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson’s life and work—writing political activism, teaching—has been obscured by American literary studies’ traditional overreliance on three related assumptions: that diachronicity suffices in accounts of an author’s life, that periodization suffices in accounts of literary history, and that authors are coherent beings. Discussing a range of Dunbar-Nelson’s work—an early sketch, an essay, and published and unpublished fiction— this essay combines synchronicity and diachronicity to engage with the multi-facetedness of her writing about such issues as racial identity and Black involvement in U.S. political parties.
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ISSN:	0034-5210 1527-2044 1527-2044
DOI:	10.2979/ral.00074