Invisibility Blues

From Pop to Theory

Michele Wallace (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

267 Seiten

2008 | 2nd New edition
Verso Books (Verlag)
978-1-85984-487-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Includes recollections of the author's early life in Harlem, an account of her development as a writer in the 1970s, and investigations of the legacy of black artists such as Zora Neale Hurston, Spike Lee and Michael Jackson. This work also includes some photographs from her family's collection documenting the 70s and 80s.

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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.
With an updated introduction, this new edition of Invisibility Blues challenges and informs with the plain-spoken truth that has made it an acknowledged classic.

Autor

Michele Wallace is currently Professor of English at CUNY's Graduate Center and City College. She is a leading black feminist cultural critic and author. Wallace was Editor-at-Large for Essence magazine anda columnist for the Village Voice. She is the author of numerous books, including Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.7.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Haymarket
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 431 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-85984-487-1 / 1859844871
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-487-8 / 9781859844878
• Zustand: Neuware