New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985 – 2000
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New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985-2000
BARBARA CHRISTIAN
Edited by Gloria Bowles, M. Giulia Fabi, and Arlene R. Keizer
A passionate and celebrated pioneer in her own words New Black Feminist Criticism, 1985-2000 collects a selection of essays and reviews from Barbara Christian, one of the founding voices in black feminist literary criticism. Touching on her roles as a scholar, teacher, feminist, intellectual, and university activist, this extensive collection of Christians work demonstrates the wide-ranging scholarship of a passionate and celebrated pioneer. These memorable pieces, which were published between the release of her second landmark book, Black Feminist Criticism, and her death, include evaluations of black feminist criticism as a discipline; reflections on black feminism in the academy; eloquent reviews; and essays on Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Paule Marshall, and others.
“These essays bring together in a wonderfully synoptic fashion the themes and urgencies that defined Barbara Christian’s work for the entirety of her thirty-year career.”
—Deborah E. McDowell, Alice Griffin Professor of English, University of Virginia“Barbara Christian was often the first or the most provocative in identifying a problem, interpreting a situation, and suggesting appropriate solutions. More important, she was the epitome of a scholar/teacher/activist who knew education is a way of life and a way of making ideals live. This book showcases Christian’s pioneering efforts to develop theory/practice learning that combines race, class, gender, and sexuality to make possible interdisciplinary and multifaceted ‘reconsiderations’ for her generation and for those to come.”
—Frances Smith Foster, coeditor of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
BARBARA CHRISTIAN (1943–2000) was an acclaimed professor of African American studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
GLORIA BOWLES was the founding coordinator of women’s studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the editor of Theories of Women’s Studies.
M. GIULIA FABI is an associate professor of American literature at the University of Ferrara, Italy, and the author of Passing and the Rise of the African American Novel.
ARLENE R. KEIZER is an associate professor of English, American civilization, and Africana studies at Brown University and author of Black Subjects: Theories of Identity Formation in the Contemporary Narrative of Slavery.
264 PAGES. 6 X 9 INCHES
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