Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)

The Problem of Self-identity in Slave Narratives Written by African American Women

Authors
Yulia Sapozhnikova
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Available Online June 2017.
DOI
10.2991/ipc-16.2017.23How to use a DOI?
Keywords
African American literature, slave narratives, identity, community.
Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of African American slave narratives written by women and the consideration of questions of identity formation. The identity of the female personages of these texts is influenced by and formed with the help of their families and the cultural legacy of the whole community.The authors pay special attention to the means of struggle of black women slaves for human dignity.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
June 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-354-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ipc-16.2017.23How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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