Womanism, literature, and the transformation of the Black community, 1965-1980 / by Kalenda C. Eaton.
This book examines how cultural and ideological reactions to activism in the post-Civil Rights Black community were depicted in fiction written by Black women writers, 1965-1980. By recognizing and often challenging prevailing cultural paradigms within the post-Civil Rights era, writers such as Toni...
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| Superior document: | Studies in African American history and culture |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in African American history and culture.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (122 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: "Lifewriting"; Acknowledgments; Chapter One "Let Me Know When You Get Through": The Afro-Politico Womanist Agenda; Chapter Two ""Look Before You Leap"": Reading Black Nationalist Rhetoric and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon; Chapter Three "Tomorrow the People Would Come": The Crisis of the Black Middle Class in Alice Walker's Meridian; Chapter Four "Ain't No Such Animal as an Instant Guerilla": Composing Self and Community in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters
- Chapter Five "Something That's Been Up Has to Come Down": Global Black Consciousness in Paule Marshall's The Chosen Place, The Timeless PeopleConclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index