Arms akimbo
Subtitle: Africana women in contemporary literature
By: edited by Janice Lee Liddell and Yakini Belinda Kemp.
Contributors: Liddell, Janice.; Kemp, Yakini Belinda.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; Caribbean literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; African literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.; African American women -- Intellectual life.; African American women in literature.; Women, Black, in literature.
Description: "In an examination of the fiction of contemporary women writers of the African Diaspora, these writers engage important texts from writers in Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States, largely ignored by mainstream literary scholars. They employ fresh and poignant critical perspectives accessible to both scholars and students.

The editors provide a comprehensive historical and critical overview of black women's studies as it has developed transnationally and they cogently situate these essays within this rapidly developing field."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.