{"product_id":"til-death-or-distance-do-us-part-love-and-marriage-in-african-america-hardcover-2","title":"'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part: Love and Marriage in African America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Smith Foster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConventional 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42035369443408,"sku":"9780195328523","price":90.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/WVFVVUtUc2JmK1M4eUFsK25uSlZsQT09_52831928-81d5-443c-8253-d3f6c9ede1fa.webp?v=1771838119","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/til-death-or-distance-do-us-part-love-and-marriage-in-african-america-hardcover-2","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}