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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-22T08:50:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-22T08:50:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Zammit, L. (2022). History's traumatic effects on African-American women's sexuality and womanhood in twentieth-century fiction (Bachelor's dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/101929 | - |
dc.description | B.A. (Hons)(Melit.) | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | My dissertation will draw out the themes of sexuality, womanhood, motherhood, and trauma by deeply analysing multiple female characters in the three chosen novels, Corregidora, Dessa Rose, and A Mercy. In order to properly understand the roots of black women’s identity, I will begin by evoking the historical trauma that first plagued their ancestors. My dissertation made use of Ursa’s, Dessa’s, and Florens’s past in order to understand their identity and truth as black women. I referred to the works of multiple African-American female scholars in order to highlight the atrocities of slavery, just like African-American women writers had done before. This dissertation challenges the cliché and stereotypical ideas that surround African women, especially as slavery itself was built on a preconceived biased myth. I will also attempt to unearth the unspoken truths of what it means to be a black mother, as well as the forced sexual submissiveness towards their white owners. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Jones, Garyl, 1949-. Corregidora -- Criticism and interpretation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Williams, Sherley Anne, 1944-1999. Dessa Rose -- Criticism and interpretation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019. Mercy -- Criticism and interpretation | en_GB |
dc.subject | American fiction -- 20th century | en_GB |
dc.subject | African American women in literature | en_GB |
dc.title | History's traumatic effects on African-American women's sexuality and womanhood in twentieth-century fiction | en_GB |
dc.type | bachelorThesis | en_GB |
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dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Arts. Department of English | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Zammit, Lisa (2022) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacArt - 2022 Dissertations - FacArtEng - 2022 |
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