A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist (Women Writers of Color)

A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist is the first-ever, full-length biography of a trailblazing artist who championed black women in her fiction as well as in her life. This incisive study provides a comprehensive treatment of Bambara's published and unpublished works, and it also documents her emerging vision of her role as an agent of change. The biography allows readers into the personal life of Bambara, offering personal insights into a woman with a strong public persona and friendships with other celebrated artists of her era. Perhaps most important for those seeking to understand and appreciate Bambara's legacy, it connects her oeuvre to the context of her experience and places all of her wide-ranging creative work in the context of her singular vision. At long last—a book-length biography celebrates Toni Cade Bambara, a seminal literary, cultural, and political figure who was among the most widely read and frequently reviewed of the well-regarded black women writers to emerge in the 1970s.A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist is the first-ever, full-length biography of a trailblazing artist who championed black women in her fiction as well as in her life. This incisive study provides a comprehensive treatment of Bambara's published and unpublished works, and it also documents her emerging vision of her role as an agent of change.The biography allows readers into the personal life of Bambara, offering personal insights into a woman with a strong public persona and friendships with other celebrated artists of her era. Perhaps most important for those seeking to understand and appreciate Bambara's legacy, it connects her oeuvre to the context of her experience and places all of her wide-ranging creative work in the context of her singular vision. Dedication Epigraph Contents Series Foreword • Joanne M. Braxton Acknowledgments Introduction 1 At Home in Harlem 2 A Zone of Her Own 3 Bridges to Bambara 4 Cultural Worker on Southern Ground 5 From Atlanta to Vietnam 6 Making Dreams Work 7 In the Sun, Resplendent 8 Moving the Global Movement 9 New Life in Film 10 The Struggle Continues Appendix: A Call to Action Selected Bibliography Index About the Author "At long last--a book-length biography celebrates Toni Cade Bambara, a seminal literary, cultural, and political figure who was among the most widely read and frequently reviewed of the well-regarded black women writers to emerge in the l970s."-- Provided by publisher "At long last -a book-length biography celebrates Toni Cade Bambara, a seminal literary, cultural, and political figure who was among the most widely read and frequently reviewed of the well-regarded black women writers to emerge in the l970s. " A biography of the African-American author, Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) __A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist__