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https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/577436| Title: | Resistance through orality (and Silence) in incidents in the life of a slave girl, and Dessa Rose |
| Authors: | Zafar S.1 Sandhu S. |
| Keywords: | African-American literature Literacy Orality Resistance Slave- narratives Self-representation |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2014 |
| Description: | For centuries, African-Americans have used the oral tradition not merely as a means to communicate, but also as a weapon to resist suppression and discrimination. The paper presents an analysis of the use of orality, or the deliberate suspension of it, as a tool to resist oppression and objectification in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and Dessa Rose. It further discusses how black women used orality and silence as a tool for fortification against the aggressions of slavery and for the assertion of their personal, socio- cultural and political identities. The paper concludes with a discussion of how, in the end, orality and literacy work in harmony to effectively represent the particularities of black slave women’s experiences and keep the memories of their struggles alive. |
| News Source: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities |
| ISSN: | 0128-7702 |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Pages: | 419-428 |
| Publisher: | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press |
| URI: | https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/577436 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Content Pages/ Kandungan Halaman Jurnal |
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