Bibliograph

Words of fire, an anthology of African-American feminist thought

Type

Label

Words of fire, an anthology of African-American feminist thought

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Words of fire

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

an anthology of African-American feminist thought

Summary

The first major anthology to trace the development, from the early 1800s to the present, of black feminist thought in the United States, Words of Fire is Beverly Guy-Sheftall's comprehensive collection of writings, in the feminist tradition, of more than sixty African American women. From the pioneering work of abolitionist Maria Miller Stewart and anti-lynching crusader Ida Wells-Barnett to the writings of contemporary feminist critics Michele Wallace and bell hooks, black women have been writing about the multiple jeopardies-racism, sexism, and classicm-that have made it imperative for them to forge a brand of feminism uniquely their own

Target audience

adult

Classification