Ghosts Of Slavery : A Literary Archaeology of Black Women's Lives /

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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...

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Main Author: Sharpe, Jenny (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prince, Mary
Nanny
Joanna, > active 18th century
Nanny > In literature.
Prince, Mary > In literature.
Joanna, > active 18th century > In literature.
Prince, Mary. > History of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave.
Stedman, John Gabriel, > 1744-1797. > Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam.
Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam (Stedman, John Gabriel)
Women slaves > Biography
Women, Black > Intellectual life
Women, Black, in literature
Women and literature
West Indian literature (English)
Slaves' writings
Slavery in literature
Slave insurrections > Historiography
Literature
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noires dans la litterature.
Femmes et litterature > Antilles.
Écrits d'esclaves > Histoire et critique.
Femmes esclaves > Antilles > Vie intellectuelle.
Femmes noires > Antilles > Vie intellectuelle.
Revoltes d'esclaves > Antilles > Historiographie.
Femmes esclaves > Antilles > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Femmes noires > Antilles > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la litterature.
Litterature antillaise (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Women, Black, in literature.
Women and literature > West Indies.
Slaves' writings > History and criticism.
Women slaves > West Indies > Intellectual life.
Women, Black > West Indies > Intellectual life.
Slave insurrections > West Indies > Historiography.
Women slaves > West Indies > Biography > History and criticism.
Women, Black > West Indies > Biography > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
West Indian literature (English) > History and criticism.
West Indies
Antilles > Dans la litterature.
West Indies > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816692385

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