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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Southern plantations"”.
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She ain't no mammy: African American midwives' utilization of Ma'at in the preservation and continuation of African epistemology
… American midwife from her forced placement on Southern plantations in the United States to the present day. These midwives were gatekeepers of a rich cultural tradition grounded in an African matriarchal episteme. There is a long history of debasement of the African women’s body built on a …
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On the Verge of Change: Eudora Welty's <em>Delta Wedding</em>
… thesis discusses the effects of war on the southern plantation lifestyle depicted in Eudora Welty's <em>Delta Wedding</em>. This thesis focuses on the female characters who adapt to the absence of the husbands during wartime. Wars are the catalyst for societal change in the novel, and the …