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Reading Black, Reading Feminist: A Critical Anthology
Contributor(s): Gates, Henry Louis (Editor)

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ISBN: 0452010454     ISBN-13: 9780452010451
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
OUR PRICE: $15.15  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: October 1990
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
- Literary Criticism | Feminist
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
Dewey: 810.935
LCCN: 90035286
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 9" L (1.60 lbs) 544 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/1990
 
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Publisher Description:
A unique and comprehensive collection of 26 literary essays that provides real evidence of the rich cultural history of black women in America.

Black women's writing has finally emerged as one of the most dynamic fields of American literature. Here, leading literary critics--both male and female, black and white--look at fiction, nonfiction, poetry, slave narratives, and autobiographies in a totally new way. In essence, they reconstruct a literary history that documents black women as artists, intellectuals, symbol makers, teachers, and survivors. Important writers whose work and lives are explored include Toni Morrison, Gloria Gaynor, Maya Angelou, and Alice Walker, and the fascinating list of essays range from Nellie Y. McKay's "The Souls of Black Women Folk in the Writings of W. E. B. Du Bois" to Jewelle L Gomez's very personal tribute to Lorraine Hansberry as a dramatist and crusader for social justice. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the editor of this anthology and a noted authority on African-American literature, has provided a thought-provoking introduction that celebrates the experience of "reading black, reading feminist." A penetrating look at women's writing from a unique perspective, this superb collection brings to light the rich heritage of literary creativity among African-American women.

"Why is the fugitive slave, the fiery orator, the political activist, the abolitionist always represented as a black man? How does the heroic voice and heroic image of the black woman get suppressed in a culture that depended on her heroism for survival?"--Mary Helen Washington, from her essay in Reading Black, Reading Feminist

 
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