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Slave Silence

Slave Silence is a hermeneutic construct in classical literary studies that identifies and analyzes the systematic narrative omission or suppression of enslaved characters' voices in ancient dramatic texts, distinguishing it from broader themes of marginalization by focusing specifically on the discursive erasure of slave subjectivity within the dramatic form.

27

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3.9K

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30

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3

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Publications

27

Venus in Two Acts

Saidiya Hartman · Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism · 2008 · 3.1K citations

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The Image of Absence: Archival Silence, Data Visualization, and James Hemings

Lauren Klein · American Literature · 2013 · 138 citations

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Still, Nothing: Mammy and Black Asexual Possibility

Ianna Hawkins Owen · Feminist Review · 2018 · 60 citations

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Voices and Silences: The Problem of Slave Testimony in the English West Indian Law Court

Natalie Zacek · Slavery and Abolition · 2003 · 59 citations

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The Death of Josiah: A Conspiracy of Silence

Stanley Brice Frost · Journal of Biblical Literature · 1968 · 52 citations

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Authors

30

  1. WD
    Winthrop D. Jordan

    University of Mississippi, United States

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  2. SH
    Saidiya Hartman

    Columbia University, United States

    2 publications · 3.1K citations

    2

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  3. MR
    Michele Reid-Vazquez

    Georgia State University, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. GB
    George Boulukos

    1 publications · 24 citations

    1

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  5. MW
    Michael Wayne

    Cabrini Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

    Cayey, Puerto Rico

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    132 citations

  2. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  3. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    138 citations

  4. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

    San Juan, Puerto Rico

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  8. Williams College

    Williamstown, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

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Venues

  1. Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism

    2 publications · 3.1K citations

    2

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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  3. Journal of Biblical Literature

    SBL · 1 publications · 52 citations

    1

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  4. Journal of American History

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

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  5. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

    JRAI · 1 publications · 15 citations

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