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Introduction: "In 2010, author Piper Kerman introduced the world to her experience in a U.S. Federal woman’s prison, after being convicted of money laundering and drug trafficking. Her critically acclaimed text reached major audiences in 2013, once it became adapted into a television series of an abbreviated name, Orange is the New Black. Although her memoir made a point to highlight the stories of women of color that she encounters during her time in Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Danbury, their stories were not the main focus of either her memoir or the show. They were seemingly only addressed to contribute to Kerman’s experience and to help appeal to a “wider” audience. This suppression of their stories are why the works of Paula C. Johnson’s Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison, along with Robin Levi and Ayelet Waldman’s Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons, are important to read and study. In their texts, the autobiographical protagonists discuss their daily lives while incarcerated, noting the inadequate healthcare, the physical and sexual abuse they endured from the correctional staff, and discrimination throughout the criminal justice system. . . . "

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Title:
Still They Rise: A Literary Comparison of Black Women's Slave Narratives
Creator:
Jones, Bre-Anna
Date Created:
2022-12
Description:
Introduction: "In 2010, author Piper Kerman introduced the world to her experience in a U.S. Federal woman’s prison, after being convicted of money laundering and drug trafficking. Her critically acclaimed text reached major audiences in 2013, once it became adapted into a television series of an abbreviated name, Orange is the New Black. Although her memoir made a point to highlight the stories of women of color that she encounters during her time in Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Danbury, their stories were not the main focus of either her memoir or the show. They were seemingly only addressed to contribute to Kerman’s experience and to help appeal to a “wider” audience. This suppression of their stories are why the works of Paula C. Johnson’s Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison, along with Robin Levi and Ayelet Waldman’s Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons, are important to read and study. In their texts, the autobiographical protagonists discuss their daily lives while incarcerated, noting the inadequate healthcare, the physical and sexual abuse they endured from the correctional staff, and discrimination throughout the criminal justice system. . . . "
Subjects:
slavery black women slave narratives prison memoirs memoir autobiography trauma abuse human rights
Methods:
textual analysis
Language:
English
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Preferred Citation:
"Still They Rise: A Literary Comparison of Black Women's Slave Narratives", English Honors Thesis Repository, Nevada State University
Reference Link:
https://nevada-state-english.github.io/nsu-english-thesis/items/ht038.html
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