Writing the black revolutionary diva
Subtitle: women's subjectivity and the decolonizing text
By: Kimberly Nichele Brown.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780253355256; 9780253222466
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; African American women authors; African American women in literature; African American women -- Race identity; Subjectivity in literature
Description: "Kimberly Nichele Brown examines how African American women since the 1970s have found ways to move beyond the 'double consciousness' of the colonized text to develop a healthy subjectivity that attempts to disassociate black subjectivity from its connection to white culture. Brown traces the emergence of this new consciousness from its roots in the Black Aesthetic Movement through important milestones such as the anthology The Black Woman and Essence magazine to the writings of Angela Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, and Jayne Cortez"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From soul cleavage to soul survival:  Double-consciousness and the emergence of the decolonized text/subject; title: Repositioning the gaze and reconstructing images in the black woman:  An anthology and Essence magazine; title: The enigmatic Angela Davis as case study; title: The revolutionary ideology behind the poetry of Jayne Cortez; title: The decolonized text and the new world order, Toni Cade Bambara's  "The Salt Eaters"; title: Decolonizing my own mind as a critical stance.