Inventing black women : African American women poets and self-representation, 1877-2000
(Book, Online Content)
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Published
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2007.
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
x, 202 pages ; 24 cm.
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Casper College Library - Main Collection | Book | PS310 .B53 M36 2007 | On Shelf |
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Laramie County Community College - Main Collection | Book | PS310 .N4 M36 2007 | On Shelf |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
African American women -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
African American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African American women in literature.
African Americans in literature.
American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Gender identity in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African American women -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African American women in literature.
African Americans in literature.
American poetry -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Gender identity in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2007.
Format
Book, Online Content
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-194) and index.
Summary
From Book Jacket Insert: Inventing Black Women fills important gaps in our understanding of how African American women poets have resisted those conventional notions of gender and race that limit the visibility of Black female subjects. The first historical and thematic survey of African American women's poetry, this book examines the key developments that have shape the growing body of poems by and about Black women since the end of slavery and reconstruction, as it offers incisive readings of individual works by important poets such as Alice B Neal, Maggie Pogue Johnson, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Sonia Sanchez, Lucille Clifton, and Audre Lorde, as well as many others. Ajuan Maria Mance establishes that the history of African American women's poetry revolves around the struggle of the Black female poet against two marginalizing forces: the widespread association of womanhood with the figure of the middle-class, white female; and the similar association of Blackness with the figure of the African American male. In so doing, she looks closely at the major trends in Black women's poetry during each of four critical moments in African American literary history: the post-Reconstruction era from 1877 to 1910; the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s; the Black Arts Movement from 1965-1975; and the period from 1975-2000. Inventing Black Women will prove an invaluable resource for scholars and students of American literature, African American studies, and women's studies.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mance, A. M. (2007). Inventing black women: African American women poets and self-representation, 1877-2000 (First edition). University of Tennessee Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mance, Ajuan Maria. 2007. Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-representation, 1877-2000. University of Tennessee Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mance, Ajuan Maria. Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-representation, 1877-2000 University of Tennessee Press, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mance, Ajuan Maria. Inventing Black Women: African American Women Poets and Self-representation, 1877-2000 First edition, University of Tennessee Press, 2007.
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