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Autore: |
Patton Venetria K. <1968->
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Titolo: |
Women in chains : the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction / / Venetria K. Patton
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Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina: | 813/.5099287/08996073 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Women in chains ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4384-1561-3 |
0-585-42475-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817095603321 |
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