A passionate and celebrated pioneer in her own words
"New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985-2000" collects a selection of essays and reviews from Barbara Christian, one of the founding voices in black feminist literary criticism. Published between the release of her second landmark book "Black Feminist Criticism" and her death, these writings include eloquent reviews, evaluations of black feminist criticism as a discipline, reflections on black feminism in the academy, and essays on Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Paule Marshall, and others.
A passionate and celebrated pioneer in her own words
"New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985-2000" collects a selection of essays and reviews from B...
Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel restores to its rightful place a body of American literature that has long been overlooked, dismissed, or misjudged. This insightful reconsideration of nineteenth-century African-American fiction uncovers the literary artistry and ideological complexity of a body of work that laid the foundation for the Harlem Renaissance and changed the course of American letters.
Focusing on the trope of passing -- black characters lightskinned enough to pass for white -- M. Giulia Fabi shows how early African-American authors such as William Wells Brown,...
Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel restores to its rightful place a body of American literature that has long been overlooked, dismiss...
