Still Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155861611X ISBN 13 : 9781558616110

Editeur : Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 2009

Synopsis

Cheryl Clarke, Angela Davis, bell hooks, June Jordan, Audre Lorde and Alice Walker - from the pioneers of black women's studies comes Still Brave, the definitive collection of race and gender writings today. Including Alice Walker's groundbreaking elucidation of the term """"womanist,"""" discussions of women's rights as human rights and a piece on the Obama factor, the collection speaks to the ways that feminism has evolved and how black women have confronted racism within it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Frances Smith Foster is Professor of English and women's studies, the former director of the Emory Institute for Women's Studies, and current chair of the English department. Foster has held a Fulbright and a fellowship from the W. E. B. DuBois Institute at Harvard. She has authored or edited fourteen books and numerous articles.

Stanlie M. James is Director of the African and African American Studies Program at Arizona State University, where she holds a joint appointment with the women's and gender studies program. A recipient of a Ford Foundation grant and the Susan Koppelman Award, James earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in international studies at the University of Denver.

Beverly Guy-Sheftall is President of the National Women's Studies Association, the founding Director of the Women's Research and Resource Center, and Professor of Women's Studies at Spelman College. She has been involved with the national women's studies movement since its inception and provided leadership for the establishment of the first women's studies major at a historically Black college.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155861611X
• ISBN 13: 9781558616110
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Éditeur: Foster Frances Smith, Guy-Sheftall Beverly, James Stanlie
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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