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Author Duke, Dawn, 1965-

Title Literary passion, ideological commitment : toward a legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian women writers / Dawn Duke
Published Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Complexities of gendered and racialized depictions in novels by male writers -- Pioneers in a tradition of Afro-Latin American women's writings -- Making her presence felt : the politics of poets -- Woman-centered poetic revisioning : female strength and sexuality -- The gaze outward : implications for cultural perception and agency -- Conclusion: A shared legacy
Summary "This study takes a chronological approach that traces the transformation of the black woman from written subject to writing subject, within the respective national traditions. The place of women of African descent in these traditions, generally constructed around a number of negative stereotypes, is thereby seen as a function of racialized power in a context in which literary practice is over-determined by the race, class, and gender relations produced by colonialism and slavery. Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment questions the ultimate literary (canonical) value of writing that is so heavily impregnated by the precepts of racial hierarchy." "The book's objective is to identify and describe a primarily woman-centered aesthetic that is at work in the wide thematic spectrum of the writers studied, as well as to examine the complex relationship with the rest of the nation, the state, and the national literary canon, that derives from there. As this study suggests, the process of coming into one's own is initiated during colonization, the result of very specific personal circumstances, and driven by public and personal issues that continue to have a direct impact on literary production. Literary interests are strategic and politicized. Themes have to do with female strength, the inner self, Africa and African heritage, national and community concerns, and the art of writing poetry."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cuban literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Cuban literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism
Brazilian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Brazilian literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism
Brazilian literature -- Black authors
Brazilian literature -- Women authors
Cuban literature -- Black authors
Cuban literature -- Women authors
Schriftstellerin
Frauenliteratur
Kubansk litteratur -- svarta författare -- historia.
Kubansk litteratur -- kivinnliga författare -- historia.
Brasiliansk litteratur -- svarta författare -- historia.
Brasiliansk litteratur -- kivinnliga författare -- historia.
Brasilien
Schwärze
Kuba.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Bucknell University Press.
ISBN 9780838758502
0838758509