Maverick Feminist: To Be Female and Black in a Country Founded upon Violence and Respectability
Author:   Kemeshia Randle Swanson
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
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9781496850645


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kemeshia Randle Swanson
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781496850645


ISBN 10:   1496850645
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Reclaiming My Everything: Black Feminisms, Popular Culture, and Pleasure Chapter One: Dirty Computer: Girlhood and Sexual Desires Chapter Two: Be Careful with Me: Education, Sexual Violence, and Pleasure Chapter Three: Get in Formation: Sisterhood and the Intergenerational Dynamic Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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"In a style that echoes the fearlessness of maverick feminism, Swanson takes a unique approach to theorizing and analyzing historical, nonfictional, and fictional texts from visionaries like Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, and Zora Neale Hurston."" - Aneeka Henderson, associate professor of American studies at Amherst College"


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Kemeshia Randle Swanson is associate professor of English at Garner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Her work focuses on American literature, African American literature, Black feminisms, and popular literature and culture. She has published in edited collections such as Words, Beats, and Life: The Global Journal of Hip Hop Culture; Like One of the Family: Domestic Workers, Race, and In/Visibility in ""The Help""; and Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape.

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