Africana Womanism & Race & Gender in the Presidential Candidacy of Barack Obama - Couverture souple

Hudson-Weems, Clenora

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1438903278 ISBN 13 : 9781438903279

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Obama's American Dream--Non-Discrimination, Economic Salvation & HumanityA Blueprint for the Restoration of America's Global Image and Leadership Columbia, MO-Africana Womanism & Race & Gender in the Presidential Candidacy of Barack Obama, advocating unity as a panacea for all societal ills, expounds on an authentic paradigm for all African Diaspora women. Clenora Hudson-Weems, PhD, uses Africana Womanism as a template for interpreting political activity, particularly the current controversial debates surrounding the Nation's 1st Black nominee for the Democratic Party for President of the United States of America, Barack Obama.The story of authenticity, human survival, economic security & racial healing for all, this book logically moves from the proper naming & defining of the Africana woman in Part One, to commentaries in Part Two on the biggest obstacle for our society--racism. The book exposes how this phenomenon insidiously impacts upon personal & public relationships, culminating in the current historical moment, as it unfolds in the ascendance of a Black man, Senator Barack Obama, to candidacy for presidency of the USA with his wife, Michelle, the potential 1st Lady. With the mission of restoring America's image and leadership once again in the global world, he has the potential of becoming one of the best U. S. Presidents ever.President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.'s Foreword refers to Clenora as "profound in her discourse;" Atty. Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr.'s Afterword quotes her as saying "There is a great difference between discrimination by privilege & protection, and discrimination by deprivation & exclusion;" Lillian Smith, Emmy Award Winner as former 20-year producer of T.V. Talk show, DONAHUE, acknowledges Clenora's "spiritual sense of genuine sisterhood;" & Barry Morrow, Oscar Award-Winning Co-Writer of Rain Man, calls her "a seasoned social, cultural, and political thinker [whose message represents] things worth fighting for."

Biographie de l'auteur :

Clenora Hudson-Weems, Professor of English (UMC), received the PhD (U. of Iowa), M.A. (Atlanta U.), B. A. (LeMoyne College) degrees, and a Certificate of French Studies (L'Université de Dijon, France). She is author of Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves (Bedford, 1993); Africana Womanist Literary Theory (Africa World Press, 2004); two books in her Emmett Till Trilogy - Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement (Bedford, 1994; AuthorHouse, 2006); The Definitive Emmett Till: Passion and Battle of a Woman for Truth and Intellectual Justice (AuthorHouse, 2006); and editor of the third of the Till Trilogy-Plagiarism-Physical and Intellectual Lynchings: An Emmett Till Continuum (AuthorHouse, 2007). She is also co-author with Wilfred D. Samuels of Toni Morrison (Prentice-Hall, 1990), and co-author with Dora Anderson of The Rosa Parks of the Disabled Movement: Plantation Politics and a Black Woman's Struggle against General Motors, United Auto Workers and Government Bureaucrats (AuthorHouse, 2008). She is editor of Contemporary Africana Theory, Thought and Action: A Guide to Africana Studies (Africa World Press, 2007). Forthcoming is her first novel, Soul Mates. She has completed a movie script, "Unearthing Emmett Till: Passion for Truth" (Barry Marrow, Oscar Award-Winning Co-Writer of Rain Man and Producer). Her current work is on the Plight of Black Farmers and Land Owners as an Emmett Till Continuum.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1438903278
• ISBN 13: 9781438903279
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 164