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1 online resource (244 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
''[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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature -- African American authors. |
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American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature -- Women authors. |
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African American women -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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African American women -- Biography. |
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African American women -- Intellectual life.
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African American women -- Intellectual life. |
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African American women. |
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Autobiography -- African American authors.
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Autobiography -- African American authors. |
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Women and literature -- United States.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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African American women in literature.
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African American women in literature. |
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Autobiography -- Women authors.
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Autobiography -- Women authors. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stover, Johnnie M. Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003 0813026768 (DLC) 2003056425 (OCoLC)52518747 |
| ISBN |
0813031192 (electronic book) |
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9780813031194 (electronic book) |
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