Date of Award
7-13-2009
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Carol Marsh-Lockett - Chair
Second Advisor
Elizabeth West
Third Advisor
Kameelah Martin Samuel
Abstract
This study examines the slave narratives The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself and The Bondwoman’s Narrative to determine the way in which these texts depict the economics of labor in slave society. Taking into account the specific socio-historical contexts in which these narratives were written, this study analyzes the way in which the representations of labor in these narratives interrogate slavery and address issues relating to the social relations and power dynamics of their respective societies. Emphasis is given to the way in which the gender complexities of slavery merge with the dynamics of labor thereby underscoring some of the peculiarities of the female slave experience.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1059518
Recommended Citation
Barron, Agnel Natasha, "Representations of Labor in the Slave Narrative." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2009.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1059518