{"product_id":"til-death-or-distance-do-us-part-love-and-marriage-in-african-america-9780199389704","title":"'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part: Love and Marriage in African America","description":"Conventional wisdom tells us that marriage was illegal for African Americans during the antebellum era, and that if people married at all, their vows were tenuous ones: \"until death or distance do us part.\" It is an impression that imbues beliefs about black families to this day. But it's a perception primarily based on documents produced by abolitionists, the state, or other partisans. It doesn't tell the whole story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a trove of less well-known sources including family histories, folk stories, memoirs, sermons, and especially the fascinating writings from the Afro-Protestant Press, \u003cem\u003e'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part\u003c\/em\u003e offers a radically different perspective on antebellum love and family life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrances Smith Foster applies the knowledge she's developed over a lifetime of reading and thinking. Advocating both the potency of skepticism and the importance of story-telling, her book shows the way toward a more genuine, more affirmative understanding of African American romance, both then and now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Smith Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199389704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Smith Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e is Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies (Emeritus) at Emory University. Her previous books include \u003cem\u003eWritten By Herself: Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892\u003c\/em\u003e (Indiana UP, 1993), \u003cem\u003eWitnessing Slavery: The Development of the Ante-Bellum Slave Narrative\u003c\/em\u003e (Greenwood, 1979), and several edited collections. Her VSI to African American Literature is forthcoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43048348024947,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":51.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7efba27b-b2ea-441d-b947-f86f68c46e3b.jpg?v=1746882578","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/til-death-or-distance-do-us-part-love-and-marriage-in-african-america-9780199389704","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}