ISBN:
0203881680
,
0415990270
,
9780203881682
,
9780415990271
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 128 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in American popular history and culture
Parallel Title:
Print version Antebellum Slave Narratives : Cultural and Political Expressions of Africa
DDC:
306.3/62092
Keywords:
Slave narratives History and criticism
;
Pan-Africanism in literature
;
American literature African American authors
;
History and criticism
;
Africa Social life and customs
;
Africa Politics and government
;
Africa In literature
Abstract:
This book examines the slave narratives of key members of the abolitionist movement-Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Harriet Tubman and Harriet Jacobs-revealing how these highly visible proponents of the antislavery cause were able to engage and at times overcome the cultural biases of their listening and reading audiences
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 "Speaking Guinea and a Mixture of Everything Else": The Slave Narratives of Frederick Douglass Revisited; 2 William Wells Brown: Subtle Whispers of Slave Culture, Pan-Africanism, and Insurgency; 3 "Moses Is Got De Charm": Harriet Tubman's Mosaic Persona; 4 Harriet Jacobs: A Larger Discussion of the John Kuner Parade and Other Cultural Recollections; 5 Discourse on the Slave Narrative and a New Interpretation of Black Anti-Slavery Ideology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-121) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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