Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present
In the last decade, black women writers have come into their own. The voices of Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison & Alice Walker resonate throughout the world. Since the first slaves were taken from Africa to American in 1619, black women have been telling tales, singing songs & evaluating in language the world in which they have had to live. This is the story of these women, & their struggle to be heard — from the 18th century enslaved poet, Phillis Wheatley, through the rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston, the political activism of Angela Davis, to the gifted generation of Audre Lorde & Gloria Naylor. This book is an essential text!
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Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers from Slavery to the Present
In the last decade, black women writers have come into their own. The voices of Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison & Alice Walker resonate throughout the world. Since the first slaves were taken from Africa to American in 1619, black women have been telling tales, singing songs & evaluating in language the world in which they have had to live. This is the story of these women, & their struggle to be heard — from the 18th century enslaved poet, Phillis Wheatley, through the rediscovery of Zora Neale Hurston, the political activism of Angela Davis, to the gifted generation of Audre Lorde & Gloria Naylor. This book is an essential text!
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780863584084 |
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| Publisher: | Pandora Press |
| Publication date: | 11/01/2002 |
| Pages: | 273 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.46(w) x 8.48(h) x 0.86(d) |
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