Gendered testimony
Subtitle: autobiographies, diaries, and letters by women as sources for Caribbean history
By: Bridget Brereton.
Contributors: University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica). Dept. of History.
Series: Elsa Goveia memorial lecture ;; 1994
Publisher: Dept. of History, University of the West Indies
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Mona
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Women -- West Indies, British -- History.; West Indies, British -- History.
Description: "Concentrating on writings of Maria Nugent, Mary Prince, Mary Seacole, Anna Mahase, Sarah Norton, and Adella Archibald, author shows how greater and systematic use of records left by women can enhance our understanding of Caribbean history. Mahase, Morton, and Archibald are especially important for showing changing marriage patterns for Indo-Trinidadian girls and impact of Canadian missionaries on the lives of Indo-Trinidadian women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).
"Presented at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica 14 April 1994."