Female subjectivity in African American women's narratives of enslavement : beyond borders /

In a clear and accesible style, this book theorizes female movement within narratives of enslavement and advocates for a changed black female consciousness.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Myles, Lynette D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Geschichte
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Consciousness in literature.
Subjectivity in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Space and time > Psychological aspects.
African American women > Race identity.
African American women > Psychology.
African American women > Ethnic identity.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Conscience dans la littérature.
Subjectivité dans la littérature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Noires américaines > Identité ethnique.
Noires américaines > Psychologie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American women in literature
African American women > Psychology
African American women > Race identity
American fiction > African American authors
American fiction > Women authors
Consciousness in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Place (Philosophy) in literature
Space and time > Psychological aspects
Subjectivity in literature
Literatur
Sklaverei > Motiv
Ort > Motiv
Schwarze Frau
Identität > Motiv
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : places, borders, and margins : locating a Black feminist model of interpretation
  • Black female movement : conceptualizing places of consciousness for Black female subjectivity
  • Location, female autonomy, and identity in Pauline Hopkins's Contending forces
  • At the crossroads of Black female autonomy, or digression as resistance in Quicksand and The street
  • Praisesong for the widow : crossing location and space toward female consciousness and wholeness
  • Space and time : the interdependency of history, identity, and survival in Octavia Butler's Kindred
  • Conclusion.

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