The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought

The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought
ISBN-10
1135919755
ISBN-13
9781135919757
Category
Social Science
Pages
504
Language
English
Published
2006-09-19
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Layli Phillips

Description

Comprehensive in its coverage, The Womanist Reader is the first volume to anthologize the major works of womanist scholarship. Charting the course of womanist theory from its genesis as Alice Walker’s African-American feminism, through Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi’s African womanism and Clenora Hudson-Weems’ Africana womanism, to its present-day expression as a global, anti-oppressionist perspective rooted in the praxis of everyday women of color, this interdisciplinary reader traces the rich and diverse history of a quarter century of womanist thought. Featuring selections from over a dozen disciplines by top womanist scholars from around the world, plus several critiques of womanism, an extensive bibliography of womanist sources, and the first ever systematic treatment of womanist thought on its own terms, Layli Phillips has assembled a unique and groundbreaking compilation.

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