Black women, writing, and identity : migrations of the subject / Carole Boyce Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyce Davies, Carole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

English literature--Foreign countries--History and criticism.

English literature.

American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Authorship--Sex differences.

Authorship.

Black people in literature.

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Black Women Writing and Identity is an exciting work by one of the most imaginative and acute writers around. The book explores a complex and fascinating set of interrelated issues, establishing the significance of such wide-ranging subjects as: * re-mapping, re-naming and cultural crossings * tourist ideologies and playful world travelling * gender, heritage and identity * African women's writing and resistance to domination * marginality, effacement and decentering * gender, language and the politics of location Carole Boyce-Davies is at the forefront of

Contents:

BOOKCOVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: MIGRATORY SUBJECTIVITIES; 2 NEGOTIATING THEORIES OR "GOING A PIECE OF THE WAY WITH THEM"; 3 DECONSTRUCTING AFRICAN FEMALE SUBJECTIVITIES; 4 FROM "POST-COLONIALITY" TO UPRISING TEXTUALITIES; 5 WRITING HOME; 6 MOBILITY, EMBODIMENT AND RESISTANCE; 7 OTHER TONGUES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-85522-2

1-134-85523-0

1-280-10553-4

0-203-20140-X

9780203201404

OCLC:

475876019