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Remapping Black Germany : New Perspectives on Afro-German History, Politics, and Culture /

In 1984 at the Free University of Berlin, the African American poet Audre Lorde asked her Black, German-speaking women students about their identities. The women revealed that they had no common term to describe themselves and had until then lacked a way to identify their shared interests and concer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lennox, Sara (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1984 at the Free University of Berlin, the African American poet Audre Lorde asked her Black, German-speaking women students about their identities. The women revealed that they had no common term to describe themselves and had until then lacked a way to identify their shared interests and concerns. Out of Lorde's seminar emerged both the term "Afro-German" (or "Black German") and the 1986 publication of the volume that appeared in English translation as Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out. The book launched a movement that has since catalyzed activism and scholarship in Germany.--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 303 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index.
ISBN:9781613764657
1613764650