Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography:
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Main Author: Stover, Johnnie M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville University Press of Florida c2003
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index
Introduction : Life-writing and subversion -- Autobiography, authorship, and authority -- Black women autobiographers' encounter with gender, race, and class -- A patchwork of cultures : journeys of African American women autobiographers -- The emergence of an African American mother tongue -- Subtle resistance in Our Nig, Incidents, Behind the scenes, and Reminiscences -- Allusion as hidden discourse in Black women's autobiography -- Flagrant resistance, and punishment be damned -- Linkages : continuation of a tradition -- Afterword : Piecing it all together
''[A] crucial, pioneering book . . . deeply engaging because of the intrinsic interest of the texts Stover brings to light.''--Jerrilyn McGregory, Florida State UniversityJohnnie M. Stover explores the origin and power of black women writers' voices using the personal narratives of 19th-century Americans who were slaves or indentured servants
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (244 p.)
ISBN:0813031192
9780813031194

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