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Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography / Johnnie M. Stover.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stover, Johnnie M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American prose literature.
- African American women in literature.
- American prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- African American women--Biography--History and criticism.
- African American women.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Women and literature.
- Autobiography--Women authors.
- Autobiography.
- Autobiography--African American authors.
- African American women--Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ''[A] crucial, pioneering book . . . deeply engaging because of the intrinsic interest of the texts Stover brings to light.''--Jerrilyn McGregory, Florida State University Johnnie 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.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Acknowledgments vii; Introduction: Life-Writing and Subversion 1; 1. Autobiography, Authorship, and Authority 20; 2. Black Women Autobiographers' Encounter with Gender, Race, and Class 39; 3. A Patchwork of Cultures: Journeys of African American Women Autobiographers 61; 4. The Emergence of an African American Mother Tongue 86; 5. Subtle Resistance in Our Nig, Incidents, Behind the Scenes, and Reminiscences 108; 6. Allusion as Hidden Discourse in Black Women's Autobiography 128; 7. Flagrant Resistance, and Punishment Be Damned 149
- 8. Linkages: Continuation of a Tradition 168Afterword: Piecing It All Together 199; Notes 211; Bibliography 227; Index 239
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-237) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-3119-2
- OCLC:
- 476046243
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