Words of witness : black women's autobiography in the post-Brown era

Words of witness : black women's autobiography in the post-Brown era /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ards, Angela Ann, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2015]
Series:Wisconsin studies in autobiography.
Subjects:
Beals, Melba. > Warriors don't cry.
McNatt, Rosemary Bray. > Unafraid of the dark.
Jordan, June, > 1936-2002. > Soldier.
Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969- > Brother, I'm dying.
Davis, Eisa. > Angela's mixtape.
African American women > Biography > Political aspects.
African American women authors > Biography > Political aspects.
African American feminists > Biography.
Autobiography > African American authors.
Autobiography > Women authors.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Ethics of Self-Fashioning
  • Moving beyond the strong black woman: Melba Beals's Warriors Don't Cry
  • Reclaiming Radical Interdependence: Rosemary Bray's Unafraid of the Dark
  • Honoring the past to move forward: June Jordan's Soldier
  • Storytelling as diasporic consciousness: Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying
  • Cultivating Liberatory Joy: Eisa Davis's Angela's Mixtape
  • Epilogue: Bodies, Material Histories, and Black Women's Autobiography.

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