'It will be social': Black women writers and the postwar era 1945--1960 |
Posted on:2010-05-12 | Degree:Ph.D | Type:Dissertation |
University:University of Illinois at Chicago | Candidate:Caldwell, Katrina Myers | Full Text:PDF |
GTID:1445390002486394 | Subject:Black Studies |
Abstract/Summary: | |
This study used a Black feminist critical framework to examine the conditions that influence the production of black women's fiction during the postwar era (1945--60).;The novels of Ann Petry, Dorothy West and Paule Marshall were studied as artifacts that were shaped by the cultural and political climate of this crucial period in American history. A survey was also conducted of their associations with members and organizations in the American Left to determine what impact their social activism had on their lives and art.;It was determined that these writers' political engagement played a significant role in the creation of transformative narratives about the power of black women to resist oppression in all of its forms. As a consequence of their contribution to a rich black feminist literary tradition, these postwar black women fiction writers serve as important foremothers to later generations of black women artists. |
Keywords/Search Tags: | Black women, Writers, Postwar, Black feminist, Studies, American |
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