Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography /

''[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 narrativ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stover, Johnnie M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003.
Temas:
American prose literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
African American women > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women > Intellectual life.
Autobiography > African American authors.
Women and literature > United States.
African American women in literature.
Autobiography > Women authors.
Prose américaine > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Noires américaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American women > Biography
African American women in literature
African American women > Intellectual life
American prose literature > African American authors
American prose literature > Women authors
Autobiography > African American authors
Autobiography > Women authors
Women and literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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