Africana Womanism Reclaiming Ourselves.

First published in 1993, this is a new edition of the classic text in which Clenora Hudson-Weems sets out a paradigm for women of African descent. Examining the status, struggles and experiences of the Africana woman forced into exile in Europe, Latin America, the United States or at Home in Africa,...

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Main Author: Hudson-Weems, Clenora
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Routledge, 2019.
Edition:5th ed.
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Online Access:Taylor & Francis
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword from the 1 edition; Foreword to the 5 edition; Preface from the 1 edition; Introduction; PART I: Theory; 1 Africana Womanism; 2 Cultural and agenda conflicts in academia: critical issues for Africana women's studies; 3 Africana Womanism: a theoretical need and practical usefulness; 4 The agenda of the Africana womanist (revised); PART II: Five Africana womanist novels; 5 Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: seeking wholeness; 6 Bâ's So Long a Letter: a family affair
  • 7 Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow: authentic existence8 Morrison's Beloved: all parts equal; 9 McMillan's Disappearing Acts: in it together; PART III: From Africana Womanism to Africana- Melanated Womanism; 10 Authenticating and validating Africana-Melanated Womanism: a global paradigm for human survival; 11 Africana Womanism's race, class and gender: pre-intersectionality; 12 Africana-Melanated Womanism: forging our way nd via securing each other (2019 Keynote Address-2 International Africana-Melanated Womanism Conference)
  • 13 Africana-Melanated Womanism and the King-Parks-Till connection14 Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; Annotated Africana Womanism bibliography: a blueprint; Appendix: Africana-Melanated Womanism syllabus; Index