TY - BOOK ID - 77868174 TI - Rhetoric and resistance in Black women's autobiography PY - 2003 SN - 0813031192 9780813031194 PB - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, DB - UniCat KW - American prose literature KW - African American women in literature. KW - African American women KW - Women and literature KW - Autobiography KW - Afro-American women KW - Women, African American KW - Women, Negro KW - Women KW - African American autobiography KW - Autobiography of African Americans KW - Autobiography of women KW - Women's autobiography KW - Literature KW - Afro-American women in literature KW - African American authors KW - History and criticism. KW - Women authors KW - Women authors. KW - African American authors. KW - Intellectual life. KW - Afro-American authors UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77868174 AB - ''[A] crucial, pioneering book . . . deeply engaging because of the intrinsic interest of the texts Stover brings to light.''--Jerrilyn McGregory, Florida State University Johnnie M. Stover explores the origin and power of black women writers' voices using the personal narratives of 19th-century Americans who were slaves or indentured servants. ER -