| Description |
xxvi, 306 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-300) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor -- Early African American women's literature / Frances Smith Foster and LaRose Davis -- Women of the Harlem Renaissance / Cheryl A. Wall -- Women writers of the Black Arts Movement / Eleanor W. Traylor -- Contemporary African American women writers / Dana A. Williams -- African American feminist theories and literary criticism / Robert J. Patterson -- African American women and the United States slave narrative / Joycelyn Moody -- Autobiography and African American women's literature / Joanne M. Braxton -- "Even some fiction might be useful" : African American women novelists / Madhu Dubey -- African American women poets and the power of the word / Keith D. Leonard -- African American women in the performing arts / Olga Barrios -- African American women writers of children's and young adult literature / Dianne Johnson -- African American women essayists / Marilyn Sanders Mobley -- African American women writers and the short story / Crystal J. Lucky -- African American women writers and popular fiction : theorizing black womanhood / Herman Beavers. |
| Subject |
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- African American authors. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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African American women -- Intellectual life.
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African American women -- Intellectual life. |
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African American women. |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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African American women in literature.
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African American women in literature. |
| Added Author |
Mitchell, Angelyn, 1960-
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Taylor, Danille K.
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| ISBN |
9780521858885 hardback |
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0521858887 hardback |
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9780521675826 paperback |
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0521675820 paperback |
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