The Narrative of Ann Pratt: Life-Writing, Genre and Bureaucracy in a Postemancipation Scandal
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DOI: 10.1093/hwj/dby001
Abstract: The pamphlet Seven Months in the Kingston Lunatic Asylum, and What I Saw There detailed the experiences of Ann Pratt, a mixed-race Jamaican woman, during her months-long commitment to the facility. Seven Months portrayed the… read more here.
Keywords: scandal; seven months; ann pratt; life writing ... See more keywords