Religion and Gender Trouble in the Black Arts: Remembering Toni Cade Bambara’s The Black Woman
…constructive or systemic claim for black feminism of the likes of the soon-to-be-written Combahee River Collective Statement. Ultimately, the anthology complicated and crystallized the power of Black Arts masculinity, even as it offered evidence that a more explicit black feminism was in the making. The Black Woman included offerings from such prominent artists as Nikki Giovanni, Abbey Lincoln, and Audre Lorde, each of whom had prior track record…
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