The voices of African American women

Description:

During the last half of the twentieth century, a group of historically neglected but extremely powerful voices has emerged from the African American literary tradition. The voices of African American women have gathered strength from the suppressed tongues of their foremothers to provide insight into the history, psyche, and spirit of the African American woman. Professor Johnson examines the narrative strategies, with particular emphasis on the authorial and narrative voices, of three texts written by African American women: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

subjects: African Americans in literature,  Women and literature,  African American authors,  American prose literature,  Point-of-view (Literature),  History and criticism,  Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.),  African American women in literature,  Women authors,  Narration (Rhetoric),  African American women,  Intellectual life,  Authority in literature,  History,  Autorité dans la littérature,  Narration,  Point de vue (Littérature),  Incidents in the life of a slave girl (Jacobs, Harriet A.),  Point of view (Literature),  Noires américaines dans la littérature,  Color purple (Walker, Alice),  Their eyes were watching God,  Prose américaine,  Their eyes were watching God (Hurston, Zora Neale),  Auteurs noirs américains,  Color purple,  Noirs américains dans la littérature,  Écrits de femmes américains,  Histoire et critique,  Influence littéraire, artistique,  Incidents,  Femmes et littérature,  Hurston, zora neale, 1901-1960,  Walker, alice, 1944-,  Jacobs, harriet a. (harriet ann), 1813-1897,  United states history - african american history,  African american history,  African american arts & entertainment,  American & canadian literature,  Social sciences - general & miscellaneous,  Historical biography - united states,  General & miscellaneous lit

People: Zora Neale Hurston,  Harriet A. Jacobs (1813-1897),  Alice Walker (1944-)

Places: United States

Times: 20th century,  19th century