Rhetoric and resistance in black women's autobiography

Introduction : Life-writing and subversion

Autobiography, authorship, and authority

Black women autobiographers' encounter with gender, race, and class

A patchwork of cultures : journeys of African American women autobiographers

The emergence of an African American mother tongue

Subtle resistance in Our Nig, Incidents, Behind the scenes, and Reminiscences

Allusion as hidden discourse in Black women's autobiography

Flagrant resistance, and punishment be damned

Linkages : continuation of a tradition

Afterword : Piecing it all together.