Negritude Women

by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting

Book Overview

Rediscovers the crucial role that women played in the influential Negritude movement.

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: Aim C saire, L opold S dar Senghor, and L on G. Damas. This masculine genealogy has completely overshadowed the central role played...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081663680X
• ISBN13: 9780816636808
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"