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

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.

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/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Yulia Sapozhnikova
PY  - 2017/06
DA  - 2017/06
TI  - The Problem of Self-identity in Slave Narratives Written by African American Women
BT  - Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 85
EP  - 88
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ipc-16.2017.23
DO  - 10.2991/ipc-16.2017.23
ID  - Sapozhnikova2017/06
ER  -