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

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

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Author / Creator:	Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 194 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in Afro-American studies SUNY series in Afro-American studies.
Subject:	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. 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.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11110073

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ISBN:	058531358X 9780585313580 0585424756 9780585424750 0791443434 9780791443439 0791443442 9780791443446 9781438415611
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	"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 with motherhood - their depictions of black womanhood are tied to the effects of slavery and represented through the black mother. Patton shows that both the image others have of black women as well as black women's own self image is framed and influenced by the history of slavery. This history would have us believe that female slaves were mere breeders and not mothers. However, Patton uses the mother figure as a tool to create an intriguing interdisciplinary literary analysis."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Patton, Venetria K., 1968- Women in chains. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000 0791443434