Voices of the fugitives : runaway slave stories and their fictions of self-creation / Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr.
| Author/creator | Bland, Sterling Lecater |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xviii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 199, 0069-9624 ; Contributions in Afro-American and African studies ; no. 199. ^A477074 |
| Contents | Let the world dream otherwise : the literary masks of fugitive slave stories -- Dismantling the master's house : the cultural context -- Religion, revolt, and the commodification of language : the limitations of "voice" in The confessions of Nat Turner -- "Behold a man transformed" : sacred language and the secular self in Frederick Douglass's Narrative -- Authority, power, and determination of the will : the dilemma of rhetorical ownership in Frederick Douglass's My bondage and my freedom and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the life of a slave girl -- Ambiguity, passing, and the politics of color : the reconstruction of race in William and Ellen Craft's Running a thousand miles for freedom -- Of being and nothingness : Caliban's reprise. |
| Local note | Little-324987--305131044513U |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index. |
| LCCN | 99055223 |
| ISBN | 0313311692 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0275967077 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PS366.A35 B6 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |