Writing the Black Revolutionary Diva: Women's Subjectivity and the Decolonizing Text (Blacks in the Diaspora)

"Kimberly Nichele Brown examines how African American women since the 1970s have found ways to move beyond the 'double consciousness' of the colonized text to develop a healthy subjectivity that attempts to disassociate black subjectivity from its connection to white culture. Brown traces the emergence of this new consciousness from its roots in the Black Aesthetic Movement through important milestones such as the anthology The Black Woman and Essence magazine to the writings of Angela Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, and Jayne Cortez"--Publisher description. Annotation Kimberly Nichele Brown examines how African American women since the 1970s have found ways to move beyond the "double consciousness" of the colonized text to develop a healthy subjectivity that attempts to disassociate black subjectivity from its connection to white culture. Brown traces the emergence of this new consciousness from its roots in the Black Aesthetic Movement through important milestones such as the anthology The Black Woman and Essence magazine to the writings of Angela Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, and Jayne Cortez.

Kimberly Nichele Brown examines how African American women since the 1970s have found ways to move beyond the double consciousness of the colonized text to develop a healthy subjectivity that attempts to disassociate black subjectivity from its connection to white culture. Brown traces the emergence of this new consciousness from its roots in the Black Aesthetic Movement through important milestones such as the anthology The Black Woman and Essence magazine to the writings of Angela Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, and Jayne Cortez.

From soul cleavage to soul survival: Double-consciousness and the emergence of the decolonized text/subject Repositioning the gaze and reconstructing images in the black woman: An anthology and Essence magazine The enigmatic Angela Davis as case study The revolutionary ideology behind the poetry of Jayne Cortez The decolonized text and the new world order, Toni Cade Bambara's "The Salt Eaters" Decolonizing my own mind as a critical stance. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Prelude......Page 14 1. From soul cleavage to soul survival......Page 38 2. “Who is the black woman?”......Page 80 3. Constructing diva citizenship......Page 125 4. Return to the flesh......Page 163 5. She dreams a world......Page 198 Coda: This is not just about “inward navel-gazing”:......Page 230 Notes......Page 236 Bibliography......Page 256 Index......Page 274