Pitfalls of prestige : Black women and literary recognition / Laura Elizabeth Vrana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vrana, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dove, Rita--Criticism and interpretation.

Dove, Rita.

Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962---Criticism and interpretation.

Alexander, Elizabeth.

Obadike, Mendi Lewis, 1973---Criticism and interpretation.

Obadike, Mendi Lewis.

Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966---Criticism and interpretation.

Trethewey, Natasha D.

Rankine, Claudia, 1963---Criticism and interpretation.

Rankine, Claudia.

Philip, Marlene Nourbese, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.

Philip, Marlene Nourbese.

African American women poets.

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

American poetry.

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

Physical Description:

ix, 225 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Black women and literary recognition

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Examines how Black women poets, including Rita Dove, Elizabeth Alexander, Mendi Obadike, Natasha Trethewey, Claudia Rankine, and M. NourbeSe Philip, are positioned within and outside of the academy, considering how developments in American literary institutions since 1980, as well as literary prizes, can co-opt or constrain the work rather than promote inclusion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Remembering the (re)generations of Black women's poetics

The color of prestige

Navigating the ivory tower

Interlude

Text, performance, and embodiment

Experiments in lyric

Historical experiments in representing slavery

Coda: Graywolf and the "post"(-Citizen) era?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and index.

ISBN:

9780814215753

0814215750

OCLC:

1436907964