The Black Feminist Reader
1. Edition April 2000
320 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-21007-8
John Wiley & Sons
Organized into two parts, "Literary Theory" and "Social and Political Theory," this Reader explores issues of community, identity, justice, and the marginalization of African American and Caribbean women in literature, society, and political movements.
Acknowledgements.
Editors' Introduction.
List of Contributors.
Part I: Literary Theory:.
1. The Race for Theory: Barbara Christian.
2. "Unspeakable Things Unspoken": The Afro-American Presence in
American Literature: Toni Morrison.
3. Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book: Hortense
Spillers.
4. A Black Man's Place in Black Feminist Criticism: Michael
Awkward.
5. Beyond Miranda's Meanings: Un-silencing the 'Demonic Ground'
of 'Caliban's Woman.': Sylvia Wynter.
Part II: Social/Political Theory:.
6. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory: Bell Hooks.
7. Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and
Liberation: Angela Davis.
8. The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought: Patricia
Hill Collins.
9. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black
Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory
and Antiracist Politics: Kimberlé Crenshaw.
10. Radicalising Feminism: Joy James.
Appendix: Key Feminist Statements.
I. Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement
(1972).
II. African American Women in Defense of Ourselves (1991).
Part III: Open Letter from Assata Shakur (1998):.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
Editors' Introduction.
List of Contributors.
Part I: Literary Theory:.
1. The Race for Theory: Barbara Christian.
2. "Unspeakable Things Unspoken": The Afro-American Presence in
American Literature: Toni Morrison.
3. Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book: Hortense
Spillers.
4. A Black Man's Place in Black Feminist Criticism: Michael
Awkward.
5. Beyond Miranda's Meanings: Un-silencing the 'Demonic Ground'
of 'Caliban's Woman.': Sylvia Wynter.
Part II: Social/Political Theory:.
6. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory: Bell Hooks.
7. Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and
Liberation: Angela Davis.
8. The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought: Patricia
Hill Collins.
9. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black
Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory
and Antiracist Politics: Kimberlé Crenshaw.
10. Radicalising Feminism: Joy James.
Appendix: Key Feminist Statements.
I. Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement
(1972).
II. African American Women in Defense of Ourselves (1991).
Part III: Open Letter from Assata Shakur (1998):.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
"This volume brings together ten essays in the development of black
feminism. The selections reflect the literary, social and political
critiques that mark this form of feminist and antiracist thought as
unique and transformative." Black Issues Book Review
"This collection is certain to become another essential text in
the field of women's studies. . . Recommended for public and
academic libraries." Library Journal
feminism. The selections reflect the literary, social and political
critiques that mark this form of feminist and antiracist thought as
unique and transformative." Black Issues Book Review
"This collection is certain to become another essential text in
the field of women's studies. . . Recommended for public and
academic libraries." Library Journal
Joy James is Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Institute
for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University.
She is author of Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender
& Race in US Culture (1996); Transcending the Talented
Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals (1996),
Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics
(1999). James is also editor of the Angela Y. Davis Reader
(Blackwell Publishers, 1998), States of Confinement: Policing,
Detention and Prisons (2000), and co-editor of Spirit, Space
& Survival: African American Women In (White) Academe
(1993), which received the 1994 Gustavus Myers Human Rights award.
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting is Associate Professor of
French and Director of the African American Studies and Research
Center at Purdue University. She is author of Frantz Fanon:
Conflicts & Feminisms (1997) and Black Venus: Sexualized
Savages, Primal Fears and Primitive Narratives in French
(1999). She is co-editor of Fanon: A Critical Reader
(Blackwell Publishers, 1996) and Spoils of War: Women of Color,
Cultures, and Revolutions (1997), which received an honorable
mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and
Human Rights in North America in 1997.
for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University.
She is author of Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender
& Race in US Culture (1996); Transcending the Talented
Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals (1996),
Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics
(1999). James is also editor of the Angela Y. Davis Reader
(Blackwell Publishers, 1998), States of Confinement: Policing,
Detention and Prisons (2000), and co-editor of Spirit, Space
& Survival: African American Women In (White) Academe
(1993), which received the 1994 Gustavus Myers Human Rights award.
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting is Associate Professor of
French and Director of the African American Studies and Research
Center at Purdue University. She is author of Frantz Fanon:
Conflicts & Feminisms (1997) and Black Venus: Sexualized
Savages, Primal Fears and Primitive Narratives in French
(1999). She is co-editor of Fanon: A Critical Reader
(Blackwell Publishers, 1996) and Spoils of War: Women of Color,
Cultures, and Revolutions (1997), which received an honorable
mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and
Human Rights in North America in 1997.