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Ghosts of slavery : a literary archaeology of Black women's lives /
While some scholars imply that only the struggle for freedom was legitimate, Jenny Sharpe complicates the linear narrative--from slavery to freedom and literacy--that emerged from the privileging of autobiographical accounts like that of Frederick Douglass. She challenges a paradigm that equates age...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While some scholars imply that only the struggle for freedom was legitimate, Jenny Sharpe complicates the linear narrative--from slavery to freedom and literacy--that emerged from the privileging of autobiographical accounts like that of Frederick Douglass. She challenges a paradigm that equates agency with resistance and self-determination, and introduces new ways to examine negotiations for power within the constraints of slavery. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 187 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816692385 0816692386 |