Words of fire: an anthology of African-American feminist thought 9781595587657, 1595587659

"In this pathbreaking collection of articles, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall has taken us from the early 1830s to contemp

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English Pages xxvi, 577 pages Year 2011;1995

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Words of fire: an anthology of African-American feminist thought
 9781595587657, 1595587659

Table of contents :
Beginnings: In defense of our race and sex, 1831-1900 --
Triumph and tribulation: Defining Black womanhood, 1920-1957 --
Civil rights and women's liberation: Racial/sexual politics in the angry decades --
Beyond the margins: BLack women claiming feminism --
The body politic: Sexuality, violence, and reproduction --
Reading the academy --
Discourses of resistance: Interrogating mainstream feminism and Black nationalism.

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