Title: Unruly tongue
First published: 1999
Description: "Women should be seen and not heard" was a well-known maxim in the nineteenth century. In a society perceiving that language was for the province of male, white speakers, how did women writers find a voice?

In Unruly Tongue Martha J. Cutter answers this question with works by ten African American and Anglo American women who wrote between 1850 and 1930. She shows that female writers in this period perceived how male-centered and racist ideas on language had silenced them. By adopting voices that are maternal, feminine, and ethnic, they broke the link between masculinity and voice and created new forms of language that empowered them and their female characters.
Subjects: American Domestic fiction, American Feminist fiction, American fiction, Authorship, Domestic fiction, American, Ethnic groups in literature, Feminism and literature, Feminist fiction, American, Group identity in literature, History, History and criticism, Language, Sex differences, Women, Women and literature, Women authors, Langage, Différences entre sexes, Femmes, Roman américain, Groupes ethniques dans la littérature, Art d'écrire, Sprache, Frau, Geschichte 1850-1930, Féminisme et littérature, Identität, Histoire, Écrits de femmes américains, Frauenliteratur, Identité collective dans la littérature, Littérature américaine, Femmes écrivains, Histoire et critique, Roman familial américain, Femmes et littérature, Frauenprosa, Identite collective dans la litterature, Litterature americaine, Art d'ecrire, Groupes ethniques dans la litterature, American, Roman familial americain, Roman americain, LITERARY CRITICISM, Femmes et litterature, Differences entre sexes, Feminisme et litterature, General, Ecrits de femmes americains, American fiction, women authors, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Feminism in literature, Domestic fiction, history and criticism, Women, united states, history, Authorship, sex differences, Literature, history and criticism, Social sciences, American literature
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century
LC classification: PS374.F45 C87 1999