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

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Patton, Venetria K, 1968-

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058531358X
9780585313580
0585424756
9780585424750
9780791443439
0791443434

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women in chains.DDC classification:

813/.5099287/08996073 21

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PS374.N4 P38 2000eb

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Contents:

The breeding ground: the degendering of female slaves -- The cult of true womanhood and its revisions -- Reclaiming true womanhood -- Tragic mulattas: inventing black womanhood -- The haunting effects of slavery.

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Review: "Using writers such as Harriet Wilson, Frances E.W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Sherley Anne Williams, and Gayl Jones, the author highlights recurring themes and the various responses of black women writers to the issues of race and gender. Time and again these writers link slavery with motherhood - their depictions of black womanhood are tied to the effects of slavery and represented through the black mother. Patton shows that both the image others have of black women as well as black women's own self image is framed and influenced by the history of slavery. This history would have us believe that female slaves were mere breeders and not mothers. However, Patton uses the mother figure as a tool to create an intriguing interdisciplinary literary analysis."--Jacket.

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

"Using writers such as Harriet Wilson, Frances E.W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Sherley Anne Williams, and Gayl Jones, the author highlights recurring themes and the various responses of black women writers to the issues of race and gender. Time and again these writers link slavery with motherhood - their depictions of black womanhood are tied to the effects of slavery and represented through the black mother. Patton shows that both the image others have of black women as well as black women's own self image is framed and influenced by the history of slavery. This history would have us believe that female slaves were mere breeders and not mothers. However, Patton uses the mother figure as a tool to create an intriguing interdisciplinary literary analysis."--Jacket.

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