Black Feminist Cultural Criticism [Paperback]

Black Feminist Cultural Criticism is the first comprehensive analysis of the full range of Black women's creative achievements. In this outsdanding collection, writers and scholars in literature, film, television, theatre, music, art, material culture, and other cultural forms explicate Black women's artistry within the context of an activist framework. The contributors are concerned with the politics of cultural production and the ways in which Black women have confronted institutional and social barriers.Preface: Bearing Witness.

Part I: Foundations.

Overview.

1. Their Fiction Becomes Our Reality: Black Women Image Makers. (Mary Helen Washington).

2. Toward a Black Feminist Criticism. (Barbara Smith).

3. New Directions for Black Feminist Criticism. (Deborah E. McDowell).

4. But What Do We Think We Are Doing Anyway: The State of Black Feminist Criticism(s) or My Version of a Little Bit of History. (Barbara Christian).

Supplementary Readings.

Media Resources.

Part II: The Moving Image.

Overview.

5. Some Reflections on the Negro Actress: The Tattered Queens. (Ruby Dee).

6. Daughters of the Dust. (Jacqueline Bobo).

7. Below the Line: (Re)Calibrating the Filmic Gaze. (C. A. Griffith).

8. In My Mother's House: Black Feminist Aesthetics, Television, and A Raisin in the Sun. (Sheri Parks).

Supplementary Readings.

Media Resources.

Part III: Art.

Overview.

9. African-American Women Artists: An Historical Perspective. (Arna Alexander Bontemps and Jacqueline Fonvielle-Bontemps).

10. In Search of a Discourse and Critique/s That Center the Art of Black Women Artists. (Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis)l39