Octavia Butler's use of a specific literary device in her novel Kindred

Analyze Octavia Butler's use of a specific literary device in her novel Kindred Many of the characters in Kindred resist classification. In what ways does Dana explode the slave stereotypes of "house-nigger, the handkerchief-head, the female Uncle Tom" (p. 145)? In what ways does she transcend them? In your response to both questions, cite and analyze 3 specific passages from the text that indicate the ways Dana explodes or transcends these slave stereotypes.