03086nam 2200733Ia 450 991081709560332120200520144314.01-4384-1561-30-585-42475-6(CKB)111056486598048(OCoLC)649194878(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588746(SSID)ssj0000273268(PQKBManifestationID)11954725(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273268(PQKBWorkID)10314104(PQKB)11259688(MiAaPQ)EBC3408197(EXLCZ)9911105648659804819990318d2000 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrWomen in chains the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction /Venetria K. Patton1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20001 online resource (215 p.)SUNY series in Afro-American studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-4343-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index.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.Traces the connection between slavery and the way in which black women fiction writers depict female characters and address gender issues, particularly maternity.American fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American womenIntellectual lifeAfrican American families in literatureAfrican American women in literatureMother and child in literatureAfrican Americans in literatureMotherhood in literatureSlavery in literatureAmerican fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.Women and literatureHistoryAmerican fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.African American womenIntellectual 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.813/.5099287/08996073Patton Venetria K.1968-1666490MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817095603321Women in chains4184943UNINA