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Foremother love : Phillis Wheatley and Black feminist criticism / Dana Murphy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Dana, 1990- author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Black feminism on the edge
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784--Criticism and interpretation.
- Wheatley, Phillis.
- American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- Feminist literary criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminist literary criticism.
- Feminism and literature--United States.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Women and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Foremother Love is a study not only of 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley, but also the role she has played as a foundational figure for Black feminist criticism. Dana Murphy establishes Wheatley as a critic and collaborator in her own right: a poet who wrote in response to and conversation with other poets, and a critic who was invested in sharing, explaining, critiquing, and responding to her own and others' work and its contexts. Beyond that, Murphy argues that Wheatley is a key figure in the development of the Black feminist depiction of the love of an unrelated feminist ancestor as a legitimate relation for the practice of inheritance, mourning, liberation, and friendship-what she calls "foremother love." Foremother Love focuses on Black feminist criticism from the 1970s to the 1990s, drawing on published and archival work from Barbara Christian, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Barbara Smith, and others"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Naming ceremony
- Obour outsider
- Their eyes were watching Phillis
- In search of our foremothers' gardens
- We're ready.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Murphy, Dana, 1990- Foremother love.
- ISBN:
- 9781478060925
- 1478060921
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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