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BL
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975431
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b729801
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| Main Entry
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Stover, Johnnie M.
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| Title & Author
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Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography /\ Johnnie M. Stover.
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| Publication Statement
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Gainesville :: University Press of Florida,, ©2003.
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1 online resource (244 pages)
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| ISBN
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0813031192
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: 9780813031194
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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''[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.
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African American women in literature.
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African American women-- Biography-- History and criticism.
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African American women-- Intellectual life.
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American prose literature-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
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American prose literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Autobiography-- African American authors.
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Autobiography-- Women authors.
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Women and literature-- United States.
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African American women in literature.
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African American women-- Biography.
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African American women-- Intellectual life.
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American prose literature-- African American authors.
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American prose literature-- Women authors.
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Autobiography-- African American authors.
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Autobiography-- Women authors.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Women and literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/9287/08996073
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| LC Classification
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PS366.A35S75 2003eb
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