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<p>This study analyses two seminal American memoirs that depict female captivity: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) by Mary Rowlandson and Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). My aim is to discuss, using the tools of Critical Race Theory, the intersections of gender and race, focusing on how the two women’s femininity, as well as their individuality, is linked to Christianity and motherhood.</p>
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This study analyses two seminal American memoirs that depict female captivity: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) by Mary Rowlandson and Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). My aim is to discuss, using the tools of Critical Race Theory, the intersections of gender and race, focusing on how the two women’s femininity, as well as their individuality, is linked to Christianity and motherhood.

Female and Unfree in America: Captivity and Slave Narratives

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This study analyses two seminal American memoirs that depict female captivity: A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) by...

Female and Unfree in America: Captivity and Slave Narratives

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 22 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0004

Keywords
captivity narrative, Christianity, motherhood, race, slave narrative

© 2020 Loredana Bercuci, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Female and Unfree in America: Captivity and Slave Narratives

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 22 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0004

Keywordscaptivity narrative, Christianity, motherhood, race, slave narrative

© 2020 Loredana Bercuci, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
captivity narrative, Christianity, motherhood, race, slave narrative