03868nam 2200829 a 450 991082407510332120200520144314.01-282-66500-697866126650040-230-10316-210.1057/9780230103160(CKB)2670000000033083(EBL)555549(OCoLC)650310355(SSID)ssj0001618530(PQKBManifestationID)16347951(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001618530(PQKBWorkID)14919849(PQKB)10561518(SSID)ssj0000417635(PQKBManifestationID)12152534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417635(PQKBWorkID)10363136(PQKB)10815491(DE-He213)978-0-230-10316-0(MiAaPQ)EBC555549(EXLCZ)99267000000003308320090224d2009 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrFemale subjectivity in African American women's narratives of enslavement beyond borders /Lynette D. Myles1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20091 online resource (206 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-37953-0 0-230-61593-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190).Introduction : places, borders, and margins : locating a Black feminist model of interpretation -- Black female movement : conceptualizing places of consciousness for Black female subjectivity -- Location, female autonomy, and identity in Pauline Hopkins's Contending forces -- At the crossroads of Black female autonomy, or digression as resistance in Quicksand and The street -- Praisesong for the widow : crossing location and space toward female consciousness and wholeness -- Space and time : the interdependency of history, identity, and survival in Octavia Butler's Kindred -- Conclusion.Female Subjectivity in African American Women s Narratives of Enslavement is a new and innovative study of black women s transformation, which focuses on black women writers who support the notion of separate location for a changed female consciousness. This book offers the concept of the "Transient Woman" as a new paradigm and feminist vision for analyzing female subjectivity and consciousness.American fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American women in literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literatureConsciousness in literatureSubjectivity in literaturePlace (Philosophy) in literatureSpace and timePsychological aspectsAfrican American womenRace identityAfrican American womenPsychologyAmerican fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.African American women in literature.Identity (Psychology) in literature.Consciousness in literature.Subjectivity in literature.Place (Philosophy) in literature.Space and timePsychological aspects.African American womenRace identity.African American womenPsychology.813.009Myles Lynette D1757641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824075103321Female subjectivity in African American women's narratives of enslavement4195550UNINA