- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- African American women's literature, a catalyst for liberation and social change, 1999
- Creator:
- Graham, Phaedra T.
- Date of Original:
- 1999-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examined African American women's literature as a mechanism by which to institute social change and liberation. The study was based on the premise that African American women's voices are impacted by oppression. Oppression was found to be a significant source of distress in the lives of many African American women. Literary ethnography was used to analyze information documented in an African American woman's autobiographical work. The results suggested that African American women saw oppression and pain as major factors affecting the lives of many African American women. Moreover, the study indicated that future African American women writers will need to consider African American women's autobiographical works as guides to African American empowerment. In many African American women's autobiographical works, personal accounts testify to the unique struggle of African American women in an oppressive society.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1999_graham_phaedra_t
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
