Black British Feminism: A Reader

Black British Feminism: A Reader

by Heidi Safia Mirza (Editor)
Black British Feminism: A Reader

Black British Feminism: A Reader

by Heidi Safia Mirza (Editor)

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Overview

Black British Feminism: A Reader is a unique collection of classic texts and new black feminist scholarship. Exploring postmodern themes of gendered and racialized exclusion, 'black' identity and social and cultural difference this volume provides an overview of black feminism in Britain as it has developed during the last two decades.
Among the topics covered are:
* white feminism
* political activism
* 'mixed-race' identity
* class differences
* cultural hybridity
* autobiography
* black beauty
* religious fundamentalism
* national belonging
* lesbian identity
* postcolonial space
* popular culture
This timely and important book is essential reading for students and scholars of cultural studies, women's studies, sociology, literature and postcolonial studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415152884
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/29/1997
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Heidi Safia Mirza is Reader in Sociology at South Bank University, London. She is author of Young, Female and Black (Routledge 1992).
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