Black Women Writers Across Cultures: An Analysis of Their Contributions

by Valentine Udoh James, James S. Etim, Melanie Marshall James, Ambe J. Njoh

Overview

Black Women Writers Across Cultures-An Analysis of Their Contribution is an edited volume of value to women's studies courses, and to courses specifically addressing the work of black women writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573094160
Publisher:	International Scholars Publications
Publication date:	11/01/2000
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.86(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Valentine Udoh James is the Director of the Ph.D. program in Public Policy at Southern University, Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors Chapter 2 The Keys to Contribution of Black Women Writers Chapter 3 Bessie Head's Perspective on Women Chapter 4 Zulu Sofola Chapter 5 Feminist Consciousness and Young Adult Literature Chapter 6 The African Response to American Feminism Chapter 7 Women and Society in Select Novels and Short Stories of Flora Nwapa Chapter 8 Coramae Richey Mann on Women, Crime and the Color of American Justice Chapter 9 Nwapa and Gender, Culture and Modernization Chapter 10 Buchi Emecheta and the Politics of Gender Chapter 11 Flora Nwapa's Final Legacy: Dramatic Elements in The Sychophants Chapter 12 Grace Nichols' I is a Long Memoried Woman and Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust