The Cambridge companion to African American women's literature / edited by Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor.

Other author Mitchell, Angelyn, 1960-
Other author Taylor, Danille K.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxvi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors. --History and criticism.
African American women--Intellectual life.
Women and literature--United States. --History.
African American women in literature.

Contents Introduction / Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor -- Early African American women's literature / Frances Smith Foster and LaRose Davis -- Women of the Harlem Renaissance / Cheryl A. Wall -- Women writers of the Black Arts Movement / Eleanor W. Traylor -- Contemporary African American women writers / Dana A. Williams -- African American feminist theories and literary criticism / Robert J. Patterson -- African American women and the United States slave narrative / Joycelyn Moody -- Autobiography and African American women's literature / Joanne M. Braxton -- "Even some fiction might be useful" : African American women novelists / Madhu Dubey -- African American women poets and the power of the word / Keith D. Leonard -- African American women in the performing arts / Olga Barrios -- African American women writers of children's and young adult literature / Dianne Johnson -- African American women essayists / Marilyn Sanders Mobley -- African American women writers and the short story / Crystal J. Lucky -- African American women writers and popular fiction : theorizing black womanhood / Herman Beavers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 278-300) and index.
LCCN 2009005864
ISBN9780521858885 (hbk.)
ISBN0521858887 (hbk.)
ISBN9780521675826 (pbk.)
ISBN0521675820 (pbk.)