The regulations of robbers : legal fictions of slavery and resistance

The regulations of robbers : legal fictions of slavery and resistance / Christina Accomando.

Author/creator	Accomando, Christina
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2001.
Description	xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	American prose literature--African American authors --History and criticism. American prose literature--Women authors --History and criticism. American prose literature--19th century --History and criticism. Feminism and literature--United States --History --19th century. Enslaved persons--United States --Biography --History and criticism African American women--Biography --History and criticism. African Americans--Biography --History and criticism. Enslaved persons' writings, American--History and criticism. Autobiography--African American authors. Slavery in literature. Law and literature. Race in literature.

Contents	Legal fictions of slavery and resistance -- "Further deponent sayeth not": multiple consciousness and suppressed narratives in tellings of slave revolt -- "I want it root and branch destroyed": the radical politics and shifting voices of Sojourner Truth. A woman among the pettifoggers: truth as legal actor -- Framing truth and resisting frames -- The regulations of robbers: Harriet Jacobs's legal critique. "We could have told them a different story": slave law and slave voices -- Reframing legal fictions of womanhood -- Epilogue. Confronting the legacies: decoding modern rhetorics of race.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-249) and index.
LCCN	2001002939
ISBN	0814208835 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0814250815 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS366.A35 A28 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold