Rhetoric and Resistance in Black Women's Autobiography

Table of Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments vii......Page 8
Introduction: Life-Writing and Subversion 1......Page 10
1. Autobiography, Authorship, and Authority 20......Page 29
2. Black Women Autobiographers’ Encounter with Gender, Race, and Class 39......Page 48
3. A Patchwork of Cultures: Journeys of African American Women Autobiographers 61......Page 70
4. The Emergence of an African American Mother Tongue 86......Page 95
5. Subtle Resistance in Our Nig, Incidents, Behind the Scenes, and Reminiscences 108......Page 117
6. Allusion as Hidden Discourse in Black Women’s Autobiography 128......Page 137
7. Flagrant Resistance, and Punishment Be Damned 149......Page 158
8. Linkages: Continuation of a Tradition 168......Page 177
Afterword: Piecing It All Together 199......Page 208
Notes 211......Page 220
Bibliography 227......Page 236
Index 239......Page 248