Mitchell , Angelyn.

The Cambridge companion to African American women's literature [[Book] /] edited by Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 306 p. ; 24 cm.

includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-300) and index.

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

All age.

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American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
African American women--Intellectual life.
Women and literature--History.--United States
African American women in literature.

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