Title Female subjectivity in African American women's narratives of enslavement : beyond borders / Lynette D. Myles

Edition First edition Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) Contents Introduction : places, borders, and margins : locating a Black feminist model of interpretation -- Black female movement : conceptualizing places of consciousness for Black female subjectivity -- Location, female autonomy, and identity in Pauline Hopkins's Contending forces -- At the crossroads of Black female autonomy, or digression as resistance in Quicksand and The street -- Praisesong for the widow : crossing location and space toward female consciousness and wholeness -- Space and time : the interdependency of history, identity, and survival in Octavia Butler's Kindred -- Conclusion Summary In a clear and accesible style, this book theorizes female movement within narratives of enslavement and advocates for a changed black female consciousness Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism African American women in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Consciousness in literature. Subjectivity in literature. Place (Philosophy) in literature. Space and time -- Psychological aspects African American women -- Race identity African American women -- Psychology African American women -- Ethnic identity LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African American women in literature African American women -- Psychology African American women -- Race identity American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Women authors Consciousness in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Place (Philosophy) in literature Space and time -- Psychological aspects Subjectivity in literature Literatur Sklaverei Motiv Ort Motiv Schwarze Frau Identität Motiv USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2009006234 ISBN 9780230103160 0230103162 1282665006 9781282665002 9781349379538 1349379530 9786612665004 6612665009

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