Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl, Written by Herself: With Related Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback))

Jacobs, Harriet

ISBN 10: 0312442661 / ISBN 13: 9780312442668

Edité par Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. N° de réf. du vendeur 00099923635

Synopsis :

Examining the first- and best-known female account of life under, and escape from, slavery, Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl, Written by Herself recounts Harriet Jacobs' story and shows how she used the written word to liberate herself and promote the end of slavery by inspiring sympathy.

À propos de l'auteur: Jennifer Fleischner (Ph.D., Columbia) is a professor of English at Adelphi University. She is the author of Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave (2004) and Mastering Slavery: Memory, Family, and Identity in Women's Slave Narratives (1996), as well as the historical novel Nobody s Boy (2006). With Susan Weisser she is also the co-editor of Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds: Feminism and the Problem of Sisterhood (1994)."

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl, ...
Éditeur : Bedford/St. Martin's
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Very Good