Simmons, Merinda, 1981-

Changing the Subject : Writing Women across the African Diaspora / K. Merinda Simmons. - 1 online resource (214 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Introduction: when literature and identity "get real" -- Sites of authentication: migration and subjectivity in The history of Mary Prince -- "Different with every shore": women, workers, and the transatlantic South in Their eyes were watching God -- Familiar ground: the rhetoric of "realness" in Mama Day -- "Recuperating" the subject in I, Tituba, black witch of Salem -- Conclusion.

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West Indian literature (English)--Women authors.
Slave trade in literature.
Culture in literature.
Collective memory in literature.
American literature--African American authors.
African Americans in literature.
African American women in literature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Esclaves--Commerce, dans la litterature.
Memoire collective dans la litterature.
Culture dans la litterature.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--African American women--History and criticism.
West Indian literature (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Slave trade in literature.
Collective memory in literature.
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