Women in Chains

Traces the connection between slavery and the way in which black women fiction writers depict female characters and address gender issues, particularly maternity. 2000 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Using writers such as Harriet Wilson, Frances E. W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, Toni Morrison, Sherley Anne Williams, and Gayl Jones, the author highlights recurring themes and the various responses of black women writers to the issues of race and gender. Time and again these writers link slavery wit