Binding Cultures - Black Women Writers in Africa and the Diaspora

Informationen zum Autor Gay Wilentz Klappentext Binding cultures examines the bonds between African and African American women. The writings of west African authors Flora Nwapa, Efua Sutherland, and Ama Ata Aidoo focus on the role of women in handling down cultural values to future generations. Zusammenfassung The history of their literature predates Black women's acquisition of literacy. This book investigates the cultural bonds between African and African-American women as illustrated in the writings of contemporary authors of United States and West Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction I The Africans 1 Flora Nwapa, Efuru 2 Efua Sutherland, Foriwa 3 Ama Ata Aidoo, The Dilemma of a Ghost II The African-Americans 4 Alice Walker, The Color Purple 5 Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon 6 Paule Marshall, Praisesong for the Widow Conclusion Notes Works Cited and Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Gay Wilentz, Wilentz Gay
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.1992
• EAN: 9780253207142
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20714-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperb; Blacks in the Diaspora; Blacks in the Diaspo; Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperb
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies