In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
Womanist Prose
In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker’s first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant. In these thirty-six essays, Walker contemplates her own work and that of other writers, considers the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and writes vividly and courageously about a scarring childhood injury. Throughout, Walker explores the theories and practices of feminism, incorporating what she calls the “womanist” tradition of black women—insights that are vital to understanding our lives and society today.“When I graduated from college, my father gave me Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens. It was a beaten-up paperback in 1999, and it’s even more battered now.” —Jesmyn Ward
In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.Originally published forty years ago, Alice Walker's first collection of nonfiction is a dazzling compendium that remains both timely and relevant. In these thirty-six essays, Walker contemplates her own work and that of other writers, considers the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, and writes vividly and courageously about a scarring childhood injury. Throughout, Walker explores the theories and practices of feminism, incorporating what she calls the ?womanist? tradition of black women?insights that are vital to understanding our lives and society today.?When I graduated from college, my father gave me Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. It was a beaten-up paperback in 1999, and it's even more battered now.? ?Jesmyn Ward
| Autor: | Walker, Alice |
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| ISBN: | 9780063346840 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
| Veröffentlicht: | 28.11.2023 |
| Untertitel: | Womanist Prose |
| Schlagworte: | AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES: WOMEN'S STUDIES COMPOSITION & WRITING: READERS AND ANTHOLOGIES LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / African American & Black LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors LITERATURE: AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE: CULTURAL STUDIES LITERATURE: ESSAYS LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE SOCIAL SCIENCE: Feminism & Feminist Theory |
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