The Genealogy of Roberts Settlement Explored Through Black Feminist Autoethnography

Genealogy

Peters, Charnell¹ 

关键词: Autoethnograhy;    Black feminist thought;    poetic inquiry;    genealogy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/genealogy1030014

学科分类：分子生物学，细胞生物学和基因

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This autoethnographic research examines the legacy of Roberts Settlement, a mixed-race settlement in Indiana that became one of the largest rural communities of free people of color in the state before the 20th century. As a Roberts descendent, the researcher uses Black feminist thought and poetic inquiry to investigate the gendered and racial family narratives that constitute the genealogy of the Roberts family. Utilizing present and past narratives to analyze the lived experience of being a black hoosier woman, the researcher finds that dominant male narratives marginalize the stories of Black women in the Roberts family genealogy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY