Invisibility blues : from pop to theory / Michele Wallace.
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TextPublisher: London : Verso, 2016Description: 268 pagesContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781786631930 (e-book)Subject(s): African American women -- Social conditions | African American women artists | Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Racism and the arts -- United States | African American women in popular culture | Society | Cultural studies | Gender studies: women & girls | Ethnic studies | Popular culture | Social discrimination & equal treatment | Feminism & feminist theory | Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies | Social & cultural history | Relating to African American peopleGenre/Form: Online access: Open e-book Also available in printed form ISBN 9781786631954Summary: 'Invisibility Blues' is a landmark work in cultural studies and black feminism now updated and reissued for a 21st century readership. First published in 1990, Michele Wallace's Invisibility Blues is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of black feminism. Wallace's considerations of the black experience in America include recollections of her early life in Harlem; a look at the continued underrepresentation of black voices in politics, media, and culture; and the legacy of such figures as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison,and Alice Walker. Wallace addresses the tensions between race, gender, and society, bringing them into the open with a singular mix of literary virtuosity and scholarly rigor. Invisibility Blues challenges and informs with the plain-spoken truth that has made it an acknowledged classic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Invisibility Blues' is a landmark work in cultural studies and black feminism now updated and reissued for a 21st century readership. First published in 1990, Michele Wallace's Invisibility Blues is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of black feminism. Wallace's considerations of the black experience in America include recollections of her early life in Harlem; a look at the continued underrepresentation of black voices in politics, media, and culture; and the legacy of such figures as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison,and Alice Walker. Wallace addresses the tensions between race, gender, and society, bringing them into the open with a singular mix of literary virtuosity and scholarly rigor. Invisibility Blues challenges and informs with the plain-spoken truth that has made it an acknowledged classic.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781786631954
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