Bridging the silence: metafictional voices and historical ambiguity in sally hemings

Nargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova

Science time · 2026-yil

Annotatsiya

In order to accomplish narrative reclamation, this essay examines the role of metafictional elements in Barbara Chase-Riboud's 1979 historical novel Sally Hemings. This study investigates the contestability of speculative fiction used to ‘voice’ an enslaved woman whose own perspective was routinely left out of the patriarchal archive. It is based on the theoretical frameworks of Patricia Waugh and Linda Hutcheon. The analysis looks into the moral dangers of portraying a relationship characterized by institutional slavery as a ‘poignant love story’ and examines the reasoning behind Nathan Langdon, the proxy character, as a metafictional device that mediates the white gaze. The findings imply that although Chase-Riboud successfully gives Hemings a human face, her narrative strategies force a critical confrontation with the institutional barriers that continue to filter and mediate the lives of the enslaved in the modern imaginary.

Maqola ma’lumotlari
MualliflarNargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova
JurnalScience time
NashriyotАжиниёз номидаги Нукус давлат педагогика институти
ISSN2992-8850
Nashr sanasi2026-03-22
Jild4
Son3/2
Betlar386-389
TilIngliz
DOI10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-08-27

DOI: 10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

Kalit so‘zlar

Barbara Chase-Riboud; Sally Hemings; Corporeal Metafiction; New Materialism; Historiographic Metafiction; The Archive; Physical Doubling; Postmodernism

Iqtibos keltirish

APANargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova (2026). BRIDGING THE SILENCE: METAFICTIONAL VOICES AND HISTORICAL AMBIGUITY IN SALLY HEMINGS. Science time, 4(3/2), 386-389. https://doi.org/10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511
GOST (OAK)Nargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova BRIDGING THE SILENCE: METAFICTIONAL VOICES AND HISTORICAL AMBIGUITY IN SALLY HEMINGS // Science time. – 2026. – T. 4, № 3/2. – P. 386-389. – DOI: 10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511.
MLANargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova. “BRIDGING THE SILENCE: METAFICTIONAL VOICES AND HISTORICAL AMBIGUITY IN SALLY HEMINGS.” Science time, 4(3/2), 386-389, 2026. https://doi.org/10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511
ChicagoNargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova. “BRIDGING THE SILENCE: METAFICTIONAL VOICES AND HISTORICAL AMBIGUITY IN SALLY HEMINGS.” Science time, 4(3/2), 386-389 (2026). https://doi.org/10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511
HarvardNargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova (2026) ‘BRIDGING THE SILENCE: METAFICTIONAL VOICES AND HISTORICAL AMBIGUITY IN SALLY HEMINGS’, Science time, 4(3/2), 386-389. https://doi.org/10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511
BibTeX
@article{nargizaravshanovnakhikmatova2026,
  title = {BRIDGING THE SILENCE: METAFICTIONAL VOICES AND HISTORICAL AMBIGUITY IN SALLY HEMINGS},
  author = {Nargiza Ravshanovna, Khikmatova},
  journal = {Science time},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {3/2},
  pages = {386-389},
  doi = {10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.66345/stj.v4i3/2.5511}
}

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