{"product_id":"binding-cultures-black-women-writers-in-africa-and-the-diaspora-9780253207142","title":"Binding Cultures: Black Women Writers in Africa and the Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilentz . . . makes convincing arguments for the connections between African and Afro-American women's culture. --Nellie McKay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilentz'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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these works, Wilentz demonstrates the powerful transformation possible through understanding--and embracing--the past, even if that past includes oppression and brutalization. --Belles Lettres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBinding Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gay Wilentz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.31h x 5.53w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253207142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGAY 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40287233671283,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b7b26ba7-de53-4d06-8d79-a50b3e90687f.jpg?v=1658236328","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/binding-cultures-black-women-writers-in-africa-and-the-diaspora-9780253207142","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}