Title: Critical Appropriations
Description: "From the novels of Toni Morrison to the music of Beyoncé Knowles, the cultural prevalence of a transnational black identity, as created by African American women, is more than a product of geographic mobility. Rather, as author Simone C. Drake shows, these constructions illuminate our understanding of a chronically marginalized demographic. In Critical Appropriations, Drake contends that these fluid and heterogeneous characterizations of black females arise from multiple creative outlets--literature, film, and music videos--and reflect African American women's evolving concept of home, community, gender, and family"--Jacket.
Subjects: American literature, african american authors, history and criticism, American literature, women authors, Women, black, Women in literature, American literature, African American authors, History and criticism, Women authors, Black Women, Race identity, Women, Black, in literature, African diaspora in literature