The Cambridge companion to African American women's literature /
The Cambridge companion to African American women's literature /
edited by Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor.
- xxvi, 306 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-300) and index.
Early African American women's literature / Women of the Harlem Renaissance / Women writers of the Black Arts Movement / Contemporary African American women writers / African American feminist theories and literary criticism / African American women and the United States slave narrative / Autobiography and African American women's literature / "Even some fiction might be useful" : African American women novelists / African American women poets and the power of the word / African American women in the performing arts / African American women writers of children's and young adult literature / African American women essayists / African American women writers and the short story / African American women writers and popular fiction : theorizing black womanhood / Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor -- Frances Smith Foster and LaRose Davis -- Cheryl A. Wall -- Eleanor W. Traylor -- Dana A. Williams -- Robert J. Patterson -- Joycelyn Moody -- Joanne M. Braxton -- Madhu Dubey -- Keith D. Leonard -- Olga Barrios -- Dianne Johnson -- Marilyn Sanders Mobley -- Crystal J. Lucky -- Herman Beavers. Introduction /
9780521858885 (hbk.) 9780521675826
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
820.9/9287 / C178
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-300) and index.
Early African American women's literature / Women of the Harlem Renaissance / Women writers of the Black Arts Movement / Contemporary African American women writers / African American feminist theories and literary criticism / African American women and the United States slave narrative / Autobiography and African American women's literature / "Even some fiction might be useful" : African American women novelists / African American women poets and the power of the word / African American women in the performing arts / African American women writers of children's and young adult literature / African American women essayists / African American women writers and the short story / African American women writers and popular fiction : theorizing black womanhood / Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor -- Frances Smith Foster and LaRose Davis -- Cheryl A. Wall -- Eleanor W. Traylor -- Dana A. Williams -- Robert J. Patterson -- Joycelyn Moody -- Joanne M. Braxton -- Madhu Dubey -- Keith D. Leonard -- Olga Barrios -- Dianne Johnson -- Marilyn Sanders Mobley -- Crystal J. Lucky -- Herman Beavers. Introduction /
9780521858885 (hbk.) 9780521675826
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
820.9/9287 / C178