The Black Woman: An Anthology

by Toni Cade Bambara (Editor), Eleanor W Traylor (Introduction)

Overview

A collection of early, emerging works from some of the most celebrated African American female writers who remain strong when the weight of a world filled with racism and gender discrimination wants to drag them down.

When it was first published in 1970, The Black Woman introduced readers to an astonishing new wave of voices that demanded to be heard. In this groundbreaking volume of original essays, poems, and stories, a chorus of outspoken women—many who would become leaders in their fields, such as bestselling novelist Alice Walker, poets Audre Lorde and Nikki Giovanni, writer Paule Marshall, activist Grace Lee Boggs, and musician Abbey Lincoln among them— tackled issues surrounding race and sex, body image, the economy, politics, labor, and much more. Their words still resonate with truth, relevance, and insight today as the fight for racial and gender equality continues to rage on.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780743476973
Publisher:	Washington Square Press
Publication date:	03/29/2005
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	682,918
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Toni Cade Bambara was an author, filmmaker, activist, and educator. In the 1960s, she was involved in the Black Arts Movement, and active in the rise of black feminism. She created groundbreaking the feminist anthology collection featuring only women of color, The Black Woman. She is the author of The Salt Eaters, The Sea Birds Are Still Alive, Those Bones Are Not My Child—edited by Toni Morrison—and Gorilla, My Love. She also wrote short stories such as The Lesson, Raymond’s Run, and Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird.

Table of Contents

	Re Calling the Black Woman	ix
	Preface	1
	Woman Poem	9
	Nikki-Rosa	11
	Poem	13
	Naturally	15
	And What About the Children	16
	Reena	19
	The Diary of an African Nun	41
	Tell Martha Not to Moan	47
	Mississippi Politics-A Day in the life of Ella J. Baker	65
	Motherhood	75
	Dear Black Man	87
	To Whom Will She Cry Rape?	95
	The Black Woman as a Woman	103
	Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female	109
	On the Issue of Roles	123
	Black Man, My Man, Listen!	137
	Is the Black Male Castrated?	141
	The Kitchen Crisis	149
	End Racism in Education: A Concerned Parent Speaks	155
	I Fell Off the Roof One Day (A View of the Black University)	165
	Black Romanticism	171
	Black People and the Victorian Ethos	179
	Black Pride? Some Contradictions	187
	The Pill: Genocide or Liberation?	203
	The Black Social Workers' Dilemma	213
	Ebony Minds, Black Voices	227
	Poor Black Women's Study Papers by Poor Black Women of Mount Vernon, New York	239
	A Historical and Critical Essay for Black Women in the Cities, June 1969	251
	The Black Revolution in America	269
	Looking Back	287
	From the Family Notebook	297
	Thinking About the Play: The Great White Hope	303

Editorial Reviews

This 1970 collection, edited by Bambara, sports fiction, poetry, and essays by heavy-hitters such as Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Paule Marshall, and Abbey Lincoln on race, sex, politics, and lots more. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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