Racial hysteria: female pathology and race politics in France Harper's 'Iola Leroy' and W.D. Howells's 'An Imperative Duty.'. From: African American Review | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: Birnbaum, Michele | COPYRIGHT 1999 African American Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The consanguinity of the race problem and feminine question in the "mixed blood hysterics are represented in two race novels which were both published in 1893. These books, Frances E.W. Harper's 'Iola Roy' and William Dean Howell's 'An Imperative Duty,' reversed the generally accepted theories of African-American physical and civic degeneracy at the turn of the 20th century and offered transparent narratives of race and gender.

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