The Wayward Preacher in the Literature of African American Women

by James Robert Saunders

In African American culture the preacher has traditionally held many roles: minister of faith, orator, politician, idealist, and most importantly, leader. But the preacher was also traditionally male, and in many ways this advanced the perception that African American women were incapable of questioning the authority of black men.Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Paule Marshall, Gloria Naylor, and Terry McMillan wrote of flawed African American preachers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786400609
• ISBN13: 9780786400607
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"