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Author Braxton, Joanne M.

Title Black women writing autobiography : a tradition within a tradition / Joanne M. Braxton.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1989.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  810.8 B826B    Check Shelf
Description xi, 242 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents Outraged mother and articulate heroine : Linda Brent and the slave narrative genre -- Fugitive slaves and sanctified ladies : narratives of vision and power -- A poet's retreat : the diaries of Charlotte Forten Grimke -- Crusader for justice : Ida B. Wells -- Motherless daughers and the quest for a place : Zora Neale Hurston and Era Bell Thompson -- A song of transcendence : Maya Angelou.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 227-234.
Subject African American women authors -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Autobiography -- African American authors.
American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Women -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.
African American women -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Autobiography -- Women authors.
Enslaved persons' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.
ISBN 0877228035 paperback
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