Writings on Black Women of the Diaspora
Subtitle: History, Language, and Identity (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780815327349
Subjects: Black studies; Women authors; Literary Criticism; Women's Studies - History; African American Novel And Short Story; Women As Authors (American Literature); Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Sociology; USA; American - African American; American - African American & Black; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Beloved; Color purple; History / General; History of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave; Marshall, Paule; Morrison, Toni; Praisesong for the widow; Prince, Mary; African American authors; American fiction; History and criticism; Slaves' writings, American
First sentence: Literary quilting is a term I use to help conceptualize how history, language, and image/identity are important frameworks for understanding the way texts by women writers of the African diaspora can be stitched into our lives.