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catalog abstract "These highly personal essays, written over the course of six decades, reveal the woman as well as the artist, capturing the independent creative spirit of this literary icon. In accessible and stirring prose, Walker speaks directly about her own experiences - such as growing up in a deeply religious home, living in the Jim Crow South, marrying and raising a family, and becoming a civil rights activist. These essays also offer Walker's critical perspectives on a wide range of topics, from the role of the black woman artist to the distinctiveness of African American cultural life and to the importance of education in the fight for political change. Maryemma Graham's introduction provides a historical context for the essays, placing Walker's work within the African American literary canon. Walker reflects on the numerous poets and writers she has known over the years, including Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Richard Wright. A work of broad general appeal, On Being Female, Black, and Free offers a powerful introduction to the work of an essential American literary figure.".
catalog contributor b10396257.
catalog contributor b10396258.
catalog coverage "Southern States Race relations.".
catalog created "c1997.".
catalog date "1997".
catalog date "c1997.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-238) and index.".
catalog description "Part I : On being female, black, and free -- On being female, black and free -- My creative adventure -- The writer and her craft -- Their place on the stage -- Chief worshippers at all world altars -- Phillis Wheatley and black women writers, 1773-1973 -- Reflections on black women writers -- Part II : Discovering our connections : African heritage, Southern culture, and the American experience -- Symbol, myth, and legend : folk elements in African American literature -- Black culture -- Southern black culture -- Agenda for action : black arts and letters -- Humanities with a black focus -- Of Tennessee and the river -- Natchez and Richard Wright in Southern American literature -- Critical approaches to the study of African American literature -- Part III : On black people, Mississippi, and U.S. politics -- On money, race, and politics -- On the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi -- Mississippi and the nation -- Jesse Jackson, the man and his message -- Whose "boy" is this? -- Part IV : What is to become of us? Notes on education and revolution -- What is to become of us? -- Reflections on May 1970 : The Jackson State University massacre -- The challenge of the 1970s to the black scholar -- Education in the global village -- Tribute to black teachers -- Moral education : who is responsible? -- Religion, poetry, and history : foundations for a new educational system -- Revolution and the university -- World pluralism : the human encounter -- Epilogue : Race, gender, and the law.".
catalog description "These highly personal essays, written over the course of six decades, reveal the woman as well as the artist, capturing the independent creative spirit of this literary icon. In accessible and stirring prose, Walker speaks directly about her own experiences - such as growing up in a deeply religious home, living in the Jim Crow South, marrying and raising a family, and becoming a civil rights activist. These essays also offer Walker's critical perspectives on a wide range of topics, from the role of the black woman artist to the distinctiveness of African American cultural life and to the importance of education in the fight for political change. Maryemma Graham's introduction provides a historical context for the essays, placing Walker's work within the African American literary canon. Walker reflects on the numerous poets and writers she has known over the years, including Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Richard Wright. A work of broad general appeal, On Being Female, Black, and Free offers a powerful introduction to the work of an essential American literary figure.".
catalog extent "xxiii, 246 p. :".
catalog identifier "0870499807 (alk. paper)".
catalog identifier "0870499815 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
catalog isPartOf "Black women writers net".
catalog issued "1997".
catalog issued "c1997.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press,".
catalog spatial "Southern States Race relations.".
catalog spatial "Southern States".
catalog spatial "Southern States.".
catalog subject "975/.00496073 21".
catalog subject "African American women authors 20th century.".
catalog subject "African American women.".
catalog subject "African Americans Civil rights Southern States.".
catalog subject "African Americans Education Southern States.".
catalog subject "African Americans Southern States Politics and government.".
catalog subject "African Americans Southern States Social life and customs.".
catalog subject "American literature African American authors.".
catalog subject "E185.92 .W35 1997".
catalog tableOfContents "Part I : On being female, black, and free -- On being female, black and free -- My creative adventure -- The writer and her craft -- Their place on the stage -- Chief worshippers at all world altars -- Phillis Wheatley and black women writers, 1773-1973 -- Reflections on black women writers -- Part II : Discovering our connections : African heritage, Southern culture, and the American experience -- Symbol, myth, and legend : folk elements in African American literature -- Black culture -- Southern black culture -- Agenda for action : black arts and letters -- Humanities with a black focus -- Of Tennessee and the river -- Natchez and Richard Wright in Southern American literature -- Critical approaches to the study of African American literature -- Part III : On black people, Mississippi, and U.S. politics -- On money, race, and politics -- On the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi -- Mississippi and the nation -- Jesse Jackson, the man and his message -- Whose "boy" is this? -- Part IV : What is to become of us? Notes on education and revolution -- What is to become of us? -- Reflections on May 1970 : The Jackson State University massacre -- The challenge of the 1970s to the black scholar -- Education in the global village -- Tribute to black teachers -- Moral education : who is responsible? -- Religion, poetry, and history : foundations for a new educational system -- Revolution and the university -- World pluralism : the human encounter -- Epilogue : Race, gender, and the law.".
catalog title "On being female, black, and free : essays by Margaret Walker, 1932-1992 / edited by Maryemma Graham.".
catalog type "text".