The truth that never hurts
Subtitle: writings on race, gender, and freedom
By: Barbara Smith.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Smith, Barbara, 1946-; African American women -- Civil rights.; Lesbian feminism -- United States.; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; African American lesbians -- Intellectual life.; Lesbians -- United States -- Intellectual life.; African American women -- Intellectual life.; African American lesbians.; Racism -- United States.; United States -- Race relations.
Description: The Truth That Never Hurts brings together for the first time more than two decades of literary criticism and political thought about gender, race, sexuality, power, and social change.

As one of the first writers in the United States to claim Black feminism for Black women in the early seventies, Barbara Smith has done groundbreaking work in defining a Black women's literary tradition; in examining the sexual politics of the lives of Black and other women of color; in representing the lives of Black lesbians and gay men; and in making connections between race, class, sexuality, and gender.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-217).