Black Women, Identity, and Cultural Theory: (Un)Becoming the Subject

by Kevin Everod Quashie and Kevin Quashie

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In Black Women, Identity, and Cultural Theory, Kevin Everod Quashie explores the metaphor of the "girlfriend" as a new way of understanding three central concepts of cultural studies: self, memory, and language. He considers how the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Ama Ata Aidoo, Dionne Brand, photographer Lorna Simpson, and many others, inform debates over the concept of identity. Quashie argues that these authors and artists replace...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813533678

ISBN13:9780813533674

Release Date:January 2004

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:228 Pages

Weight:0.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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