The Resource African diasporic women's narratives : politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship, Simone A. James Alexander
African diasporic women's narratives : politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship, Simone A. James Alexander
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The item African diasporic women's narratives : politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship, Simone A. James Alexander represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Using feminist and womanist theory, Simone Alexander takes as her main point of analysis literary works that focus on the black female body as the physical and metaphorical site of migration. She shows that over time black women have used their bodily presence to complicate and challenge a migratory process often forced upon them by men or patriarchal society. Through in-depth study of selective texts by Audre Lorde, Edwidge Danticat, Maryse Condé, and Grace Nichols, Alexander challenges the stereotypes ascribed to black female sexuality, subverting its assumed definition as diseased, passive, or docile. She also addresses issues of embodiment as she analyses how women's bodies are read and seen; how bodies 'perform' and are performed upon; how they challenge and disrupt normative standards. A multifaceted contribution to studies of gender, race, sexuality and disability issues, African Diasporic Women's Narratives engages with a range of issues as it grapples with the complex interconnectedness of geography, citizenship, and nationalism"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Dis-embodied subjects writing fire
- Captive flesh no more: Saartjie Baartman, quintessential migratory subject
- "Crimes against the flesh": politics and poetics of the black female body
- Framing violence: resistance, redemption, and recuperative strategies in I, Tituba, black witch of Salem
- Mothering the nation: women's bodies as nationalist trope in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory
- Performing the body: transgressive doubles, fatness and blackness
- Bodies and disease: finding alternative cure, assuming alternative identity
- Isbn
- 9780813050249
- Label
- African diasporic women's narratives : politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship
- Title
- African diasporic women's narratives
- Title remainder
- politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship
- Statement of responsibility
- Simone A. James Alexander
- Subject
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- African American women in literature
- American literature
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- 1900-1999
- Human body in literature
- Human body in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- African American women in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Using feminist and womanist theory, Simone Alexander takes as her main point of analysis literary works that focus on the black female body as the physical and metaphorical site of migration. She shows that over time black women have used their bodily presence to complicate and challenge a migratory process often forced upon them by men or patriarchal society. Through in-depth study of selective texts by Audre Lorde, Edwidge Danticat, Maryse Condé, and Grace Nichols, Alexander challenges the stereotypes ascribed to black female sexuality, subverting its assumed definition as diseased, passive, or docile. She also addresses issues of embodiment as she analyses how women's bodies are read and seen; how bodies 'perform' and are performed upon; how they challenge and disrupt normative standards. A multifaceted contribution to studies of gender, race, sexuality and disability issues, African Diasporic Women's Narratives engages with a range of issues as it grapples with the complex interconnectedness of geography, citizenship, and nationalism"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Simone A. James
- Dewey number
- 810.9/928708996073
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS153.N5
- LC item number
- A3986 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- African American women in literature
- Human body in literature
- American literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- African American women in literature
- American literature
- American literature
- Human body in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Label
- African diasporic women's narratives : politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship, Simone A. James Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Dis-embodied subjects writing fire -- Captive flesh no more: Saartjie Baartman, quintessential migratory subject -- "Crimes against the flesh": politics and poetics of the black female body -- Framing violence: resistance, redemption, and recuperative strategies in I, Tituba, black witch of Salem -- Mothering the nation: women's bodies as nationalist trope in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- Performing the body: transgressive doubles, fatness and blackness -- Bodies and disease: finding alternative cure, assuming alternative identity
- Control code
- 879948953
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813050249
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvwwf56k
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879948953
- Label
- African diasporic women's narratives : politics of resistance, survival, and citizenship, Simone A. James Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Dis-embodied subjects writing fire -- Captive flesh no more: Saartjie Baartman, quintessential migratory subject -- "Crimes against the flesh": politics and poetics of the black female body -- Framing violence: resistance, redemption, and recuperative strategies in I, Tituba, black witch of Salem -- Mothering the nation: women's bodies as nationalist trope in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- Performing the body: transgressive doubles, fatness and blackness -- Bodies and disease: finding alternative cure, assuming alternative identity
- Control code
- 879948953
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813050249
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvwwf56k
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)879948953
Subject
- African American women in literature
- American literature
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- 1900-1999
- Human body in literature
- Human body in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- African American women in literature
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