The voices of African American women
Subtitle: the use of narrative and authorial voice in the works of Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alice Walker
By: Yvonne Johnson.
Series: American university studies.; vol. 59
Publisher: P. Lang; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Jacobs, Harriet A. 1813-1897.; Hurston, Zora Neale.; Walker, Alice, 1944-; American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; American prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century.; African American women -- Intellectual life.; Women and literature -- United States.; African American women in literature.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); African Americans in literature.; Point-of-view (Literature); Authority in literature.
Description: During the last half of the twentieth century, a group of historically neglected but extremely powerful voices has emerged from the African American literary tradition. The voices of African American women have gathered strength from the suppressed tongues of their foremothers to provide insight into the history, psyche, and spirit of the African American woman.

Professor Johnson examines the narrative strategies, with particular emphasis on the authorial and narrative voices, of three texts written by African American women: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-152) and index.