Speaking in tongues and dancing diaspora : black women writing and performing

Deploying the trope of 'speaking in tongues' to theorise the multivocality of black women's writing, based on the reconstruction of a fundamentally spiritual practice as critical concept, Mae G. Henderson also enlists a second trope, 'dancing diaspora', to theorise the narra...

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Henderson, Mae
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
Deploying the trope of 'speaking in tongues' to theorise the multivocality of black women's writing, based on the reconstruction of a fundamentally spiritual practice as critical concept, Mae G. Henderson also enlists a second trope, 'dancing diaspora', to theorise the narrativity of black women's dance, based on the notions of 'performing testimony' and 'critical witnessing'. Together, these tropes are meant to signify a tradition of black women writing and performing, a tradition privileging the pre-eminence of voice and narration, along with the roles of listening and witnessing.
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1 online resource.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-937521-6
Schlagworte:
American fiction > History and criticism > African American authors > 20th century.
American fiction > History and criticism > Women authors > 20th century.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
African American women entertainers > History.
African American women > Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
African American women in literature.
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature
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