But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's Studies
by Gloria T. Hull (editor), Patricia Bell-Scott (editor), Barbara Smith (editor)
Description
This landmark collection brings together essays that examine the history, social position, and cultural expression of Black women in America, challenging the ways race and gender have been separated or misrepresented. Through critical analysis of racism, Black feminism, and Black women’s literature, the contributors illuminate how power operates across intersecting identities and why Black women’s voices have often been marginalized. With a sharp, intellectually rigorous approach, the book traces the intellectual and political stakes of Black women’s studies—from lived experience to literary and historical interpretation. Written in a distinctive, activist-informed scholarly style, it offers readers both a compelling overview of the field’s foundations and a framework for understanding ongoing struggles for justice and representation.
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Published Jan 1, 1982
448 pages
ISBN: 9780912670959
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First Published
1982
Language
eng
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