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by Joanne M. Braxton (Editor), Andree Nicola McLaughlin (Editor), Joanne M. Braxton (Contribution by)
"Pays an impressive tribute to the new renaissance in African-American literature."
--New York Times Book Review
--Publishers Weekly This book is the first comprehensive collection of critical and theoretical essays to explore the literary and multi-cultural traditions of Black American women in many genres over a broad span of time. The essays explore cultural and literary experience in a wide context and offer a variety of critical theoretical constructs in which to view that experience. The editors have written excellent introductions providing both historical and comparative discussions of the contemporary literary renaissance. The book also includes a valuable bibliography of selected English-language works by Black women in the Americas from the 1970s to the present.
Number of Pages: 470
Dimensions: 1.34 x 8.74 x 5.91 IN
Publication Date: December 01, 1989
