{"product_id":"african-diasporic-womens-narratives-politics-of-resistance-survival-and-citizenship-9780813062051","title":"African Diasporic Women's Narratives: Politics of Resistance, Survival, and Citizenship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfrican Literature Association Book of the Year Award in Scholarship - Honorable Mention \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the College Language Association Creative Scholarship Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliant. Alexander helps us to understand the complexities of race, gender, sexuality, migration, and identity as they intersect with creativity. A must-read for those interested in women's writing today.\"--Renée Larrier, author of \u003ci\u003eAutofiction and Advocacy in the Francophone Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Critically engages current topical issues with sophisticated scholarly readings. There is a tone of the transgressive that gives this work the kind of edge that always provides transcendence.\"--Carole Boyce Davies, author of \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An authoritative and original study, characterized by meticulously researched scholarship, which focuses on the female body across a fascinating corpus of literary production in the Caribbean and elsewhere. This refreshing and effective interdisciplinary approach extends the boundaries of traditional literary analysis.\"--E. Anthony Hurley, author of \u003ci\u003eThrough a Black Veil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing feminist and womanist theory, Simone Alexander analyzes 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 complicate and challenge a migratory process often forced upon them by men or patriarchal society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough in-depth study of selective texts by Audre Lorde, Edwidge Danticat, Maryse Condé, 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 analyzes how women's bodies are read and seen; how bodies \"perform\" and are performed upon; how they challenge and disrupt normative standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA multifaceted contribution to studies of gender, race, sexuality, and disability issues, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Diasporic Women's Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e engages a range of issues as it grapples with the complex interconnectedness of geography, citizenship, and nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone a. James Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813062051","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365820100745,"sku":"9780813062051","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_455d6d98-b8d2-48eb-8d1a-361f171904c5.jpg?v=1751346388","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/african-diasporic-womens-narratives-politics-of-resistance-survival-and-citizenship-9780813062051","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}