Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves

This essay examines the presence of the half-muted and marginalized women slaves’ voices which nevertheless inform the audience of the time as well as the contemporary scholar on their desire to inscribe their being within the public sphere as they question the issue of identity and emancipation thr...

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Main Author: Dominique Aurélia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2013-05-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6229
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spelling doaj-b7f5c52e503242f5b11d944a8ce1aa6f2021-09-02T18:11:28ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines1765-27662013-05-01210.4000/transatlantica.6229Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclavesDominique AuréliaThis essay examines the presence of the half-muted and marginalized women slaves’ voices which nevertheless inform the audience of the time as well as the contemporary scholar on their desire to inscribe their being within the public sphere as they question the issue of identity and emancipation through their texts. Beyond the pro-abolitionist debate context, they speak as true and free human beings living in a post-slavery society.http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6229slaveryslave narrativesvoiceidentityemancipation
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Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
slavery
slave narratives
voice
identity
emancipation
author_facet Dominique Aurélia
author_sort Dominique Aurélia
title Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
title_short Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
title_full Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
title_fullStr Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
title_full_unstemmed Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
title_sort voix du sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves
publisher Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
series Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
issn 1765-2766
publishDate 2013-05-01
description This essay examines the presence of the half-muted and marginalized women slaves’ voices which nevertheless inform the audience of the time as well as the contemporary scholar on their desire to inscribe their being within the public sphere as they question the issue of identity and emancipation through their texts. Beyond the pro-abolitionist debate context, they speak as true and free human beings living in a post-slavery society.
topic slavery
slave narratives
voice
identity
emancipation
url http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6229
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