Women in chains : the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction /

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"Using writers such as Harriet Wilson, Frances E.W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Sherley Anne Williams, and Gayl Jones, the author highlights recurring themes and the various responses of black women writers to the issues of race and gender. Time and again these writers link slavery...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Series:SUNY series in Afro-American studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
African American women > Intellectual life.
African American families in literature.
African American women in literature.
Mother and child in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
Slavery in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Familles noires américaines dans la littérature.
Noires américaines dans la littérature.
Mère et enfant dans la littérature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Women authors
American fiction
African American families in literature
African American women in literature
African American women > Intellectual life
African Americans in literature
American fiction > African American authors
American fiction > Women authors
Mother and child in literature
Motherhood in literature
Slavery in literature
Women and literature
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The breeding ground: the degendering of female slaves
  • The cult of true womanhood and its revisions
  • Reclaiming true womanhood
  • Tragic mulattas: inventing black womanhood
  • The haunting effects of slavery.

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