Black internationalist feminism : women writers of the Black left, 1945-1995 /
Cheryl Higashida.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
The negro question, the woman question, and the vital link: histories and institutions -- Lorraine Hansberry's existentialist routes to black internationalist feminism -- Rosalind on the black star line: Alice Childress, black minstrelsy, and Garveyite drag -- Rosa Guy, Haiti, and the hemispheric woman -- Audre Lorde revisited: nationalism and second-wave black feminism -- Reading Maya Angelou, reading black internationalist feminism today.
'Black Internationalist Feminism' examines how African American women writers affiliated themselves with the post-World War II Black Communist Left and developed a distinct strand of feminism.
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American literature--African American authors--History and criticism. American literature--Women authors--History and criticism. Feminism and literature--History--United States--20th century. Women radicals--History--United States--20th century. African American women--Intellectual life--20th century.