{"product_id":"the-black-feminist-reader-isbn-9780631210078","title":"The Black Feminist Reader","description":"Organized into two parts, \"Literary Theory\" and \"Social and Political Theory,\" this Reader explores issues of community, identity, justice, and the marginalization of African American and Caribbean women in literature, society, and political movements.  Acknowledgements. \u003cp\u003eEditors' Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Literary Theory:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Race for Theory: Barbara Christian.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \"Unspeakable Things Unspoken\": The Afro-American Presence in American Literature: Toni Morrison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book: Hortense Spillers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. A Black Man's Place in Black Feminist Criticism: Michael Awkward.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Beyond Miranda's Meanings: Un-silencing the 'Demonic Ground' of 'Caliban's Woman.': Sylvia Wynter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Social\/Political Theory:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory: Bell Hooks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation: Angela Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought: Patricia Hill Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics: Kimberlé Crenshaw.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Radicalising Feminism: Joy James.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Key Feminist Statements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI. Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement (1972).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eII. African American Women in Defense of Ourselves (1991).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Open Letter from Assata Shakur (1998):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This volume brings together ten essays in the development of black feminism. The selections reflect the literary, social and political critiques that mark this form of feminist and antiracist thought as unique and transformative.\" \u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This collection is certain to become another essential text in the field of women's studies. . . Recommended for public and academic libraries.\" \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJoy James\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eResisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender \u0026amp; Race in US Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1996); \u003ci\u003eTranscending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eShadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). James is also editor of the \u003ci\u003eAngela Y. Davis Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishers, 1998), \u003ci\u003eStates of Confinement: Policing, Detention and Prisons\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSpirit, Space \u0026amp; Survival: African American Women In (White) Academe\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), which received the 1994 Gustavus Myers Human Rights award.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eT. Denean Sharpley-Whiting\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of French and Director of the African American Studies and Research Center at Purdue University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eFrantz Fanon: Conflicts \u0026amp; Feminisms\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears and Primitive Narratives in French\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFanon: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell Publishers, 1996) and \u003ci\u003eSpoils of War: Women of Color, Cultures, and Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), which received an honorable mention from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e  This volume brings together ten key essays in the development of black feminism. The selections reflect the literary, social, and political critiques that mark this form of feminist and antiracist thought as unique and transformative. Addressing key themes within cultural and social theory, such as the intersections of gender, sex, race, class, and ideology, the analyses encourage critical thinking about language, culture, and democracy.  \u003cp\u003eOrganized into two parts, \"Literary Theory\" and \"Social and Political Theory,\" this Reader explores issues of community, identity, justice, and the marginalization of African American and Caribbean women in literature, society, and political movements. With contributions from male feminists, Marxists, legal scholars and literary, cultural and social theorists, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Feminist Reader\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates both the impressive depth and expansive range of contemporary black feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include: Barbara Christian, Toni Morrison, Hortense J. Spillers, Michael Awkward, Sylvia Wynter, bell hooks, Angela Y. 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