Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
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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''[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.
Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography.
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African American women-- Biography-- History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
African American women-- Intellectual life.
American prose literature-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
American prose literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Autobiography-- African American authors.
Autobiography-- Women authors.
Women and literature-- United States.
African American women-- Biography.
African American women in literature.
African American women-- Intellectual life.
American prose literature-- African American authors.