by Gay Wilentz (Author)
Wilentz... makes convincing arguments for the connections between African and Afro-American women's culture. -Nellie McKay
Wilentz's jargon-free, intelligent discussion... will appeal to students in African, African American, and women's literature courses, as well as general readers interested in the emerging field. -Choice
Through these works, Wilentz demonstrates the powerful transformation possible through understanding-and embracing-the past, even if that past includes oppression and brutalization. -Belles Lettres
Binding Cultures investigates the cultural bonds between African and African-American women writers such as Nigerian Flora Nwapa and Ghanaians Efua Sutherland and Ama Ata Aidoo, writers who focus on the role of women in passing on cultural values to future generations, and African-American writers Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Paule Marshall, who self-consciously evoke African culture to help create a more integrated African-American community.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01 May 1992
ISBN 10: 0253207142
ISBN 13: 9780253207142
Book Overview: Investigates the cultural bonds between African and African-American women as illustrated in the writings of contemporary authors of the United States and West Africa
GAY WILENTZ is Assistant Professor of English at East Carolina University. She has published essays in College English, Research in African Literatures, Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature, and MELUS.