Africanism and Authenticity in African-American Women's Novels

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Africanism and Authenticity traces the continuing influence of West African women's traditions and societies on late-twentieth-century literature by African-American women. The first half of the book focuses on how these influences permeate both theme and imagery in novels by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Jamaica Kincaid, and Gloria Naylor. The second half focuses on recent neo-slave narratives as works that sprang from the African experience rather...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813026318

ISBN13:9780813026312

Release Date:May 2003

Publisher:University Press of Florida

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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