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oapen-20.500.12657-763982024-03-28T09:47:06Z Womanism, Literature, and the Transformation of the Black Community, 1965-1980 Eaton, Kalenda C. class hill meridian middle movements panther party power salt women This book examines how cultural and ideological reactions to activism in the post-Civil Rights Black community were depicted in fiction written by Black women writers, 1965–1980. By recognizing and often challenging prevailing cultural paradigms within the post-Civil Rights era, writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Paule Marshall fictionalized the black community in critical ways that called for further examination of progressive activism after the much publicized 'end' of the Civil Rights Movement. Through their writings, the authors’ confronted marked shifts within African American literature, politics and culture that proved detrimental to the collective 'wellness' of the community at large. 2023-09-26T15:00:14Z 2023-09-26T15:00:14Z 2008 book ONIX_20230926_9781135899035_20 9781135899035 9780415540803 9780203935903 9781138011571 9780415961295 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76398 eng Short Guides to Business Risk application/pdf n/a 9781135899035.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203935903 10.4324/9780203935903 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781135899035 9780415540803 9780203935903 9781138011571 9780415961295 Routledge 122 open access
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This book examines how cultural and ideological reactions to activism in the post-Civil Rights Black community were depicted in fiction written by Black women writers, 1965–1980. By recognizing and often challenging prevailing cultural paradigms within the post-Civil Rights era, writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Paule Marshall fictionalized the black community in critical ways that called for further examination of progressive activism after the much publicized 'end' of the Civil Rights Movement. Through their writings, the authors’ confronted marked shifts within African American literature, politics and culture that proved detrimental to the collective 'wellness' of the community at large.
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