The Black Prisoner's Wife in a Memoir

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Black Prisoner's Wife in a Memoir
Original language description
Prison literature is a specific genre of literary works, either written by incarcerated men or women or written about them. As African Americans are persistently incarcerated at a higher rate than any other ethnic group in the United States, a large portion of contemporary prison literature is produced by Black authors. This paper however focuses not on the prisoners themselves, but on their female partners. Although these women have been proven to be of major influence on the successful re-entry of the men into society, the topic of prisoners’ partners has not been fully researched, especially in literature. This contribution analyzes a memoir The Love Prison Made and Unmade: My Story by Ebony Roberts, to establish how the Black prisoner’s partner characterizes herself in what can be understood as a subgenre of prison literature. This paper argues that Roberts attempts to subvert several aspects of the stereotypical depiction of both the Black prisoners and their spouses, and by this, she is aiming to improve the overall perception of the African American community. Furthermore, it claims that the memoir also shows evidence of functioning as a trauma narrative.
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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