The Black Woman
An Anthology
Washington Square Press · Print & ebook · March 29, 2005
A collection of early, emerging works from some of the most celebrated African American female writers who remain strong when the weight of a world filled with racism and gender discrimination wants to drag them down.
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- Genres
- African American Literary Collections, Feminist Theory & Criticism, African American Studies
- Published
- Washington Square Press, March 29, 2005
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A collection of early, emerging works from some of the most celebrated African American female writers who remain strong when the weight of a world filled with racism and gender discrimination wants to drag them down. When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard.
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In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women—many who would become leaders in their fields, such as bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them— tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today as the fight for racial and gender equality continues to rage on.
Layered Voices
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- layered essays and voices
- Black women’s perspective, sharpened by Bambara’s name
Expect
- anthology form
- criticism and literary conversation
Where it sits
| African American Literary Collections | 80% |
|---|---|
| Feminist Theory & Criticism | 43% |
| African American Studies | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black Lit Crit
- African American Studies
- Women's Studies
- Authors
- Toni Cade Bambara, Eleanor W Traylor, Toni Cade
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Published
- March 29, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Black Lit Crit