Sturdy black bridges : visions of Black women in literature / edited by Roseann P. Bell, Bettye J. Parker, and Beverly Guy-Sheftall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bell, Roseann P., editor.

Parker, Bettye J., editor.

Guy-Sheftall, Beverly, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Anchor Books

Anchor books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Black, in literature.

Women authors, Black.

Women, Black--Literary collections.

Women, Black.

Black people--Literary collections.

Black people.

Black people in literature.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 422 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition Anchor Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979.

Contents:

Preface: A Personal Response ... a Celebration / Gloria Gayles

Introduction: Black Women in and out of Fiction: Toward a Correct Analysis / Bettye J. Parker

Part One: The Analytical Vision

Part Two: The Conversational Vision

Part Three: The Creative Vision.

Notes:

"A Doubleday Anchor Original"--Cover.

"We gratefully acknowledge Leo Carty and Richard Powell for the use of their drawings ..."

"'Study Black Bridges' is a collection of essays, interviews, stories, and poems illuminating the characterization of black women in American, African, and Caribbean literature."--Cover.

"Cover illustration by Laurence Schwinger. Cover Typography by Elizabeth Levine.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-417).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB The Library of Joanna Banks".

ISBN:

0385133472 :

OCLC:

4593751