Higashida, Cheryl.

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.



9780252093548

2019716619


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.


Electronic Books.

PS153 / .B533 2011