Words of Witness - Black Women''s Autobiography in the Post-Brown Era

Informationen zum Autor Angela A. Ards is an assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University. She formerly worked as a journalist for Ms. and the Village Voice . Klappentext A literary and political genealogy of the last half-century, Words of Witness explores black feminist autobiographical narratives in the context of activism and history since the landmark 1954 segregation case, Brown v. Board of Education. Angela A. Ards examines how activist writers crafted these life stories to engage and shape progressive, post-Brown politics.

Product details

• Authors: Angela A Ards, Angela A. Ards
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780299305048
• ISBN: 978-0-299-30504-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiogr; Wisconsin Studies in Autobiogr
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Biografien: allgemein, Amerika, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American