Diasporic dialogues: The role of gender, language, and revision in the neo-slave narrative
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Diasporic dialogues: The role of gender, language, and revision in the neo-slave narrativeAuthor (s)
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2012-12Publisher
Universitat Jaume IISSN
1989-7103Bibliographic citation
Eaton, KALENDA.Diasporic dialogues: The role of gender, language, and revision in the neo-slave narrative.Language Value, 2012, vol. 4.2, p.1-22Type
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In this article I examine the creation of neo-slave narratives, or fictional texts written in the 20th and 21st centuries, yet set during an imagined period of American slavery or indentured servitude. In these novels ... [+]
In this article I examine the creation of neo-slave narratives, or fictional texts written in the 20th and 21st centuries, yet set during an imagined period of American slavery or indentured servitude. In these novels the authors, usually African-descended, depict slavery and/or plantation life, generally, to privilege the experiences of the slave. The process of actively writing against traditional plantation narratives of the 18th and 19th centuries can liberate slave histories and allows silenced actors to speak. However, in this paper, I argue that there is a danger of further marginalization when History is the platform for creative expression. I examine two novels whose authors employ the use of satire to discuss slave experience and by doing so, I explore how the images of Black slave and servant women can be either devalued or empowered depending on authorial representation and intent. [-]
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