Thorsson The Sisterhood

How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55567-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

The Sisterhood tells the story of how a remarkable community of Black women writers transformed American writing and cultural institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thorsson, Courtney

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. “Revolution Is Not a One-Time Event”
2. “An Association of Black Women Who Are Writers/poets/artists”
3. “To Move the Needle in Black Women’s Lives”
4. “A Community of Writers Even if They Only Slap Five Once a Month”
5. “A Regular Profusion of Certain / Unidentified Roses”
6. “The Function of Freedom Is to Free Somebody Else”
7. “Making Use of Being Used”
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Appendix 1. Members of The Sisterhood
Appendix 2. Meetings of The Sisterhood
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Courtney Thorsson is an associate professor of English at the University of Oregon and the author of Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels (2013). She is the recipient of a Public Scholars Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of the research and writing of this book.