Title Reclaiming home, remembering motherhood, rewriting history : African American and Afro-Caribbean women's literature in the twentieth century / edited by Verena Theile and Marie Drews

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 305 pages) Contents pt. I. Reclaiming home -- pt. II. Remembering motherhood -- pt. III. Rewriting history Summary Reclaiming Home, Remembering Motherhood, Rewriting History: African American and Afro-Caribbean Women's Literature in the Twentieth Century offers a critical valuation of literature composed by black female writers and examines their projects of reclamation, rememory, and revision. As a collection, it engages black women writers' efforts to create more inclusive conceptualizations of community, gender, and history, conceptualizations that take into account alternate lived and written experien .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Caribbean literature (English) -- Black authors -- History and criticism Caribbean literature (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Caribbean literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism Women in literature. African Americans in literature. Black people in literature Literature & literary studies. Literature: history & criticism. Gender studies: women. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African Americans in literature American literature American literature -- African American authors American literature -- Women authors Black people in literature Caribbean literature (English) Caribbean literature (English) -- Women authors Women in literature Frauenliteratur Karibik Schwärze USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Aufsatzsammlung. Form Electronic book Author Theile, Verena Drews, Marie ISBN 9781443809627 1443809624 9781443810470 1443810479

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