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This book offers short chapters by notable black women writers on pivotal moments that strongly influenced their careers. With chapters by such figures as novelist Paule Marshall, folklorist Daryl Cumber Dance, poets Mari Evans and Camille Dungy, essayist Ethel Morgan Smith, and scholar Maryemma Graham, the anthology provides a thorough overview of the formal concerns and thematic issues facing contemporary black women writers. The book includes an introduction that places these writers in the context of American literature in general and African American literature in particular. Each chapter ... More
Keywords: black women writers, American literature, African American literature, educational institutions, societal restrictions, racism, sexism, religious chauvinism, power of words, aesthetic development
Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9781604732740 |
Published to University Press of Mississippi: March 2014 | DOI:10.14325/mississippi/9781604732740.001.0001 |
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