Beyond the Subject: Anglo-American Slave Narratives in the Netherlands, 1789-2013
In recent years life writing scholars have increasingly linked the autobiographical genre to human rights causes, such as abolitionism. This article aims to historicize and contextualize the presupposed connection between human rights and the human subject of autobiographical discourse by focusing o...
Main Author: | Marijke Huisman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Groningen Press
2015-04-01
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Series: | European Journal of Life Writing |
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Online Access: | https://ejlw.eu/article/view/31449 |
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