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

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]
	©2003

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Description	1 online resource (244 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
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.
Note	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.
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.
	American prose literature.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
	African American women -- Biography. (OCoLC)fst01424458
	African American women in literature. (OCoLC)fst00799498
	African American women -- Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00799457
	American prose literature -- African American authors. (OCoLC)fst00807423
	American prose literature -- Women authors. (OCoLC)fst00807437
	Autobiography -- African American authors. (OCoLC)fst00822598
	Autobiography -- Women authors. (OCoLC)fst00822617
	Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Stover, Johnnie M. Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003 0813026768 (DLC) 2003056425 (OCoLC)52518747
ISBN	0813031192 (electronic bk.)
	9780813031194 (electronic bk.)

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