Ghosts of Slavery: A Literary Archaeology of Black Women's Lives by Jenny Sharpe

Ghosts of Slavery: A Literary Archaeology of Black Women's Lives



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Ghosts of Slavery: A Literary Archaeology of Black Women's Lives Jenny Sharpe
Page: 208
ISBN: 9780816637232
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Through their open defiance, women like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth had a significant impact on the institution of slavery. But what of the millions of other women who did not commit public or even private acts of resistance? Are their stories worthy of our attention? While some scholars imply that only the struggle for freedom was legitimate, Jenny Sharpe complicates the linear narrative-from slavery to freedom and literacy-that emerged from the privileging of autobiographical accounts like that of Frederick Douglass. She challenges a paradigm that equates agency with resistance and self-determination, and introduces new ways to examine negotiations for power within the ... MORE EBOOKS:
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