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Reembodying the Self: Representations of Rape in <i>Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl</i> and <i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i>

1992; University of Hawaii Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/bio.2010.0387

1529-1456

Mary Vermillion,

Race, History, and American Society

Jacobs, recording her former master's threat to rape her, and Angelou, portraying the rape she suffered at age eight, negotiate the challenge of reaffirming their sexual autonomy without reinforcing racist stereotypes that associate the black woman with illicit sexuality.