African Diasporic Women's Narratives: Politics of Resistance, Survival, and Citizenship
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Simone A. James Alexander (Author)
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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 com-plicate and challenge a migratory process often forced upon them by men or patriarchal society.
Through in-depth study of selective texts by Audre Lorde, Ed widge Danticat, Maryse Conde, 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.
About the Author
Simone A. James Alexander is professor of English at Seton Hall University and the author of Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro- Caribbean Women.
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- Contributor: Simone A. James Alexander
- Imprint: University Press of Florida
- ISBN13: 9780813049823
- Number of Pages: 248
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Release Date: 2014-05-30
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Simone A. James Alexander is professor of English at Seton Hall University and the author of Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro- Caribbean Women.
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