Writing the Black Revolutionary Diva: Women's Subjectivity and the Decolonizing Text

Contents

pr el ud e vii Acknowledgments ix Prelude 1 1. from soul cleavage to soul survival: Double-Consciousness and the Emergence of the Decolonized Text/Subject 25 2. “who is the black woman?”: Repositioning the Gaze and Reconstructing Images in The Black Woman: An Anthology and Essence Magazine 67 3. constructing diva citizenship: The Enigmatic Angela Davis as Case Study 112 4. return to the flesh: The Revolutionary Ideology behind the Poetry of Jayne Cortez 15 0 5. she dreams a world: The Decolonized Text and the New World Order, Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters 185 Co da : this is not just about “inward navel-gazing”: Decolonizing My Own Mind as a Critical Stance 217 Notes 223 Bibliography 243 Index 261 contents r ect o r unningfo ot | vii viii pr el ud e ...