This collection of essays examines popular writer Pearl Cleage's work, including her novels, short stories and plays. It is the first book-length consideration of a writer and activist whose bold perspectives on social justice, race and gender have been influential for several decades. While academically critical, the essays mirror Cleage's own philosophical commitment to theoretical transparency and translation. The book includes an in-depth interview with the author and a foreword by former Cleage student and acclaimed novelist Tayari Jones in addition to essays from contributors representing an interdisciplinary cross-section of academic fields.…mehr
This collection of essays examines popular writer Pearl Cleage's work, including her novels, short stories and plays. It is the first book-length consideration of a writer and activist whose bold perspectives on social justice, race and gender have been influential for several decades. While academically critical, the essays mirror Cleage's own philosophical commitment to theoretical transparency and translation. The book includes an in-depth interview with the author and a foreword by former Cleage student and acclaimed novelist Tayari Jones in addition to essays from contributors representing an interdisciplinary cross-section of academic fields.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tikenya Foster-Singletary teaches African American literature at Spelman College in Atlanta. Her research interests include country music and she has been a featured speaker on People TV and contributed to The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Her work has also been published in Obsidian and the MAWA Review. Aisha Francis, a Nashville native living in Boston, was recently named one of that city's Top 40 Under 40 business leaders. Her academic interests are African American literature and women's studies, and she has written for Obsidian, The Encyclopedia of African American Literature, and The Encyclopedia of Black Studies. She is vice president of institutional advancement at Crittenton Women's Union in Boston.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword: These Pages Are My Proof PEARL CLEAGE Foreword TAYARI JONES Introduction PART I : CLEAGE AS NOVELIST An "Urban Oasis": Pearl Cleage's West End Imaginary MARGARET T. MCGEHEE Over the Rainbow: Finding Home in West End Atlanta RHONDA M. COLLIER Being Neighborly: Performance in Seen It All and Done the Rest SHANNA L. SMITH What Looks Like New: Narrative Call for Social Change RASHELL R. SMITH-SPEARS Critical Thinking Is for Everyone: Social Work as the Praxis of Communal Love in I Wish I Had a Red Dress AISHA FRANCIS An Ode to Black Feminism: Reciprocal Empowerment and Anti-Sexism in I Wish I Had a Red Dress and Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do MONICA L. MELTON Shattering Silence: Pearl Cleage and Black Female Sexual Empowerment SANDRA C. DUVIVIER PART II: MULTIMEDIA CLEAGE: PLAYS, ESSAYS AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Teaching Feminist Lessons in Late Bus to Mecca AMA S. WATTLEY Pearl Cleage as a Dirty Realist KELLY DELONG The Blues, Psychosis, and the Black Arts Movement in Bourbon at the Border LADRICA MENSON-FURR Social Mediation: Pearl Cleage and the Digital Divide SHEILA SMITH MCKOY In Context: Teaching Pearl Cleage in Southwest Atlanta TIKENYA FOSTER-SINGLETARY Backtalk: Respectability as Repression and Pearl Cleage's Incitement to Discourse ALEXIA WILLIAMS A Conversation with Pearl Cleage TIKENYA FOSTER-SINGLETARY AND AISHA FRANCIS About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword: These Pages Are My Proof PEARL CLEAGE Foreword TAYARI JONES Introduction PART I : CLEAGE AS NOVELIST An "Urban Oasis": Pearl Cleage's West End Imaginary MARGARET T. MCGEHEE Over the Rainbow: Finding Home in West End Atlanta RHONDA M. COLLIER Being Neighborly: Performance in Seen It All and Done the Rest SHANNA L. SMITH What Looks Like New: Narrative Call for Social Change RASHELL R. SMITH-SPEARS Critical Thinking Is for Everyone: Social Work as the Praxis of Communal Love in I Wish I Had a Red Dress AISHA FRANCIS An Ode to Black Feminism: Reciprocal Empowerment and Anti-Sexism in I Wish I Had a Red Dress and Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do MONICA L. MELTON Shattering Silence: Pearl Cleage and Black Female Sexual Empowerment SANDRA C. DUVIVIER PART II: MULTIMEDIA CLEAGE: PLAYS, ESSAYS AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Teaching Feminist Lessons in Late Bus to Mecca AMA S. WATTLEY Pearl Cleage as a Dirty Realist KELLY DELONG The Blues, Psychosis, and the Black Arts Movement in Bourbon at the Border LADRICA MENSON-FURR Social Mediation: Pearl Cleage and the Digital Divide SHEILA SMITH MCKOY In Context: Teaching Pearl Cleage in Southwest Atlanta TIKENYA FOSTER-SINGLETARY Backtalk: Respectability as Repression and Pearl Cleage's Incitement to Discourse ALEXIA WILLIAMS A Conversation with Pearl Cleage TIKENYA FOSTER-SINGLETARY AND AISHA FRANCIS About the Contributors Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826
