The Negritude movement, which signaled the awakening of a
pan-African consciousness among black French intellectuals, has
been understood almost exclusively in terms of the contributions of
its male founders: Aime Cesaire, Leopold Sedar Senghor, and Leon G.
Damas. This masculine genealogy has completely overshadowed the
central role played by French-speaking black women in its creation
and evolution. In Negritude Women, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
offers a long-overdue corrective, revealing the contributions made
by four women -- Suzanne Lacascade, Jane and Paulette Nardal, and
Suzanne Roussy-Cesaire -- who were not merely integral to the
success of the movement, but often in its vanguard.
Through such disparate tactics as Lacascade's use of Creole
expressions in her French prose writings, the literary salon and
journal founded by the Martinique-born Nardal sisters, and
Roussy-Cesaire's revolutionary blend of surrealism and Negritude in
the pages of Tropiques, the journal she founded with her husband,
these four remarkable women made vital contributions. In exploring
their influence on the development of themes central to Negritude
-- black humanism, the affirmation of black peoples and their
cultures, and the rehabilitation of Africa -- Sharpley-Whiting
provides the movement's first genuinely inclusive history.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2002 |
First published: |
October 2002 |
Authors: |
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-3680-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8166-3680-X |
Barcode: |
9780816636808 |
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