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- New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985-2000
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- Introduction
- p. ix
- I: DEFINING BLACK FEMINIST CRITICISM
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- 4. The Race for Theory (1987)
- pp. 40-50
- II: READING BLACK WOMEN WRITERS
- Introduction
- pp. 69-78
- 12. Conversations with the Universe (1989)
- pp. 147-151
- 13. Epic Achievement (1991)
- pp. 152-156
- 14. A Checkered Career (1992)
- pp. 157-163
- 15. Remembering Audre Lorde (1993)
- pp. 164-166
- III: BLACK FEMINIST CRITICISM IN THE ACADEMY
- Introduction
- pp. 169-172
- 17. Whose Canon Is It Anyway? (1994)
- pp. 182-186
- 20. Camouflaging Race and Gender (1996)
- pp. 216-224
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252090820
Related ISBN(s)
9780252031809
MARC Record
OCLC
811410296
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2007