Title Speaking power : Black feminist orality in women's narratives of slavery / DoVeanna S. Fulton

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 164 pages) Contents Speaking Power; C o n t e n t s; P r e f a c e; A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s; I N T R O D U C T I O N: "So my mother told me"African American Women's Writing and Oral Traditions; 1. Speak Sisters, Speak Oral Empowerment in LOUISA PICQUET, The OCTOROON; The NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH; and INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL; 2. Tale-Baring and Dressing Out Black Women's Speech Acts That Expose Torture and Abuse by Slave Mistresses in OUR NIG, SYLVIA DUBOIS, and THE STORY OF MATTIE J. JACKSON; 3. Strategic Silence Respectability, Gender, and Protest in IOLA LEROY and CONTENDING FORCES 4. "Will the circle be unbroken"(Dis)Locating Love within the Legacy of Slavery in THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD and CORREGIDORA5. Black Girls Singing Black Girls' Songs Exploring the Wounds of Slavery to Heal Contemporary Pain in BELOVED, DESSA ROSE, KINDRED, and THE GILDA STORIES; C o d a: Sister Griot-Historians Representing Events and Lives for Liberation; N o t e s; B i b l i o g r a p h y; I n d e x; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index Notes Print version record Subject American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Biography -- History and criticism African American women -- Biography -- History and criticism Slave narratives -- United States -- History and criticism Enslaved persons' writings, American -- History and criticism Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century Autobiography -- African American authors. Feminism and literature -- United States Oral tradition -- United States. Autobiography -- Women authors. Slavery in literature. Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography -- Biography -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African American women -- Biography American prose literature -- African American authors American prose literature -- Women authors Autobiography -- African American authors Autobiography -- Women authors Feminism and literature Narration (Rhetoric) Oral tradition Slave narratives Slavery in literature Enslaved persons' writings, American Enslaved women United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 1423755758 9781423755753 079146637X 9780791466377 9780791482315 0791482316

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