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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817095603321

Autore

Patton Venetria K. <1968->

Titolo

Women in chains : the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction / / Venetria K. Patton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000

ISBN

1-4384-1561-3

0-585-42475-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Afro-American studies

Disciplina

813/.5099287/08996073

Soggetti

American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century

American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

African American women - Intellectual life

African American families in literature

African American women in literature

Mother and child in literature

African Americans in literature

Motherhood in literature

Slavery in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Women in Chains -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1.  The Breeding Ground: The Degendering of Female Slaves -- 2. The Cult of True Womanhood  and Its Revisions -- 3.  Reclaiming True Womanhood -- 4.  Tragic Mulattas: Inventing Black Womanhood -- 5.  The Haunting Effects of Slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Traces the connection between slavery and the way in which black women fiction writers depict female characters and address gender issues, particularly maternity.