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4 unusual facts about Hazel Carby


Hazel Carby

Carby has lectured at numerous colleges and universities worldwide including Columbia University, Stanford University, the University of Paris, and University of Toronto.

One of her most influential contributions to African Diaspora studies came with her first book, Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist.

Pauline Hopkins

Hopkins's magazine novels (with an introduction by Hazel Carby) were also reprinted as a part of this series.

Reconstructing Womanhood

When Hazel Carby received her Ph.D. in 1984 from Birmingham University, her thesis, which centered on slave narratives by women, later became the foundation for her book, Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist (ISBN 0-19-506071-7), published in 1987.



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