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The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought
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The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought Hardcover - 2006

by Layli Phillips


From the publisher

Comprehensive in its coverage, The Womanist Reader is the first volume to anthologize the major works of womanist scholarship. Charting the course of womanist theory from its genesis as Alice Walker's African-American feminism, through Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi's African womanism and Clenora Hudson-Weems' Africana womanism, to its present-day expression as a global, anti-oppressionist perspective rooted in the praxis of everyday women of color, this interdisciplinary reader traces the rich and diverse history of a quarter century of womanist thought. Featuring selections from over a dozen disciplines by top womanist scholars from around the world, plus several critiques of womanism, an extensive bibliography of womanist sources, and the first ever systematic treatment of womanist thought on its own terms, Layli Phillips has assembled a unique and groundbreaking compilation.

Details

  • Title The Womanist Reader: The First Quarter Century of Womanist Thought
  • Author Layli Phillips
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 494
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York
  • Date 2006-09-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780415954105 / 041595410X
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.12 x 6.32 x 1.28 in (23.16 x 16.05 x 3.25 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects African American women, Minority women
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006007443
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.488

About the author

Layli Phillips is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and an associate faculty member of the department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University. This is her first book.