Title Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography / Johnnie M. Stover

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index Notes Print version record 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. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. 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 Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0813031192 9780813031194

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