Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography /

Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Stover, Johnnie M.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (244 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism. American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism. African American women -- Biography -- History and criticism. African American women -- Intellectual life. Autobiography -- African American authors. Women and literature -- United States. African American women in literature. Autobiography -- Women authors. African American women -- Biography. African American women in literature. African American women -- Intellectual life. American prose literature -- African American authors. American prose literature -- Women authors. Autobiography -- African American authors. Autobiography -- Women authors. Women and literature. United States. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11150406

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ISBN:	0813031192 9780813031194
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	''[A] crucial, pioneering book ... deeply engaging because of the intrinsic interest of the texts Stover brings to light.''--Jerrilyn McGregory, Florida State UniversityJohnnie M. Stover explores the origin and power of black women writers' voices using the personal narratives of 19th-century Americans who were slaves or indentured servants.
Other form:	Print version: Stover, Johnnie M. Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003 0813026768

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Life-writing and subversion
Autobiography, authorship, and authority
Black women autobiographers' encounter with gender, race, and class
A patchwork of cultures : journeys of African American women autobiographers
The emergence of an African American mother tongue
Subtle resistance in Our Nig, Incidents, Behind the scenes, and Reminiscences
Allusion as hidden discourse in Black women's autobiography
Flagrant resistance, and punishment be damned
Linkages : continuation of a tradition
Afterword : Piecing it all together.