Resurrection of the Hybridi Witches : Textual Hybridity in Sally Hemings and I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem as Historical Novels
大島商船高等専門学校紀要 Volume 47
Page 73-79
published_at 2014-12
Title
Resurrection of the Hybridi Witches : Textual Hybridity in Sally Hemings and I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem as Historical Novels
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Sally Hemings
Tituba
hibridity
racial consciousness
the Salem Witch trials
This paper compares two historical novels, Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud and I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé. I recognized a similarity between these two novels by female novelists, Chase-Riboud and Condé: they resurrected enslaved black women who had been expunged from American history. This similarity is worth exploring in the sense that both novelists took up two marginalized black women, who nonetheless have an important place in American history. Sally Hemings may have inspires Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and one of its most revered national
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
大島商船高等専門学校
Date Issued
2014-12
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Version of Record
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open access
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[ISSN]0387-9232
[NCID]AN00031668