E. Patrick Johnson

Mae G. Henderson

Mae Henderson

DIVA groundbreaking collection of sixteen essays that examines the productive intersection of the fields of black and queer studies./div

A Critical Anthology

Black Queer Studies

John W. Blassingame

Antislavery Newspapers and Periodicals: Annotated index of letters in the National anti-slavery standard, 1840-1860

Antislavery Newspapers and Periodicals: Annotated index of letters in the Liberator, Anti-slavery record, Human rights, and the Observer, 1835-1865

Tropes ranging from Houston Baker's "bluesman," to Henry Louis Gates' "signifyin'" to Geneva Smitherman's "talkin' and testifyin'" to bell hooks' "talking back" to Cheryl Wall's "worrying the line" all affirm the power of sonance and sound in the African American literary tradition. The collection of essays in Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora contributes to this tradition by theorizing the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Looking to work by such prominent black female authors as Alice Walker, Sherley Anne Williams, Toni Morrison, Zora Neal Hurston, among many others, Mae G. Henderson provides a deeply felt reflection on race and gender and their effects within the discourse of speaker and listener.

Black Women Writing and Performing

Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora

Mae Henderson

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