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Saints, Sinners, Saviors

Strong Black Women in African-American Literature

Saints, Sinners, Saviors( )
Author: Harris, Trudier
ISBN:978-0-312-29300-0
Publication Date:Feb 2002
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:Palgrave Macmillan
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $54.99
Book Description:

Saints, Sinners, Saviors: Strong Black Women in African American Literature posits strength as a frequently contradictory and damaging trait for black women characters in several literary works of the twentieth century. Authors of these works draw upon popular images of African American women in producing what they believe to be safe literary representations. Instead, strength becomes a problematic trait, at times a disease, in many characters in which it appears. It has a detrimental...
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