Eroticism, Spirituality, and Resistance in Black Women's Writings /

The author builds on previous scholars' work identifying the ways that black women's narratives often contain a form of spirituality rooted in African cosmology, which consistently grounds their characters' self-empowerment and quest for autonomy. What she adds to the discussion is an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weir-Soley, Donna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Frau > Motiv
Erotik > Motiv
Literatur
Autorin
Schwarze Frau
Sex in literature.
Eroticism in literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > African American authors.
Sexualite dans la litterature.
Érotisme dans la litterature.
Écrivaines noires americaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
African American women authors > Intellectual life.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Cult of nineteenth-century Black womanhood
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  • Contradictory directives and the erotics of re-membering: new world spiritual practices and Black female subjectivity in Beloved
  • The erotics of change: female sexuality, Afro-Caribbean spirituality, and a "postmodern" Caribbean identity in It begins with tears
  • Power, eros, and genocide: capitalism and Black female subjectivity in The farming of bones.

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