Sisterhood - How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture

The Sisterhood tells the story of how a remarkable community of Black women writers transformed American writing and cultural institutions.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. “Revolution Is Not a One-Time Event”
2. “An Association of Black Women Who Are Writers/poets/artists”
3. “To Move the Needle in Black Women’s Lives”
4. “A Community of Writers Even if They Only Slap Five Once a Month”
5. “A Regular Profusion of Certain / Unidentified Roses”
6. “The Function of Freedom Is to Free Somebody Else”
7. “Making Use of Being Used”
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Appendix 1. Members of The Sisterhood
Appendix 2. Meetings of The Sisterhood
Notes
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Courtney Thorsson is an associate professor of English at the University of Oregon and the author of Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels (2013). She is the recipient of a Public Scholars Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the research and writing of this book.

Zusammenfassung

The Sisterhood tells the story of how a remarkable community of Black women writers transformed American writing and cultural institutions.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Courtney Thorsson, Thorsson Courtney
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9780231218740
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21874-0
• Seiten: 296
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik; Ratgeber > Lebenshilfe, Alltag > Familie; Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, African American literary criticism; women authors; feminist