03711nam 2200697 a 450 991095752850332120240313114555.01-62103-917-X(CKB)2670000000316630(EBL)1105984(OCoLC)823722852(SSID)ssj0000804246(PQKBManifestationID)11517462(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804246(PQKBWorkID)10814320(PQKB)10785661(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204121(OCoLC)791492812(MdBmJHUP)muse25635(Au-PeEL)EBL1105984(CaPaEBR)ebr10643106(Au-PeEL)EBL4977797(CaONFJC)MIL423742(MiAaPQ)EBC1105984(MiAaPQ)EBC4977797(EXLCZ)99267000000031663020140131d2013 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVisionary women writers of Chicago's Black Arts Movement /Carmen L. Phelps1st ed.Jackson, [Miss.] University Press of Mississippi20131 online resource (195 p.)Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studiesMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61703-680-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction: The Black Arts Movement: Let Me Count the Ways; Chapter One: Dysfunctional Functionality: Collaboration at Its Best in the Black Arts Era; Chapter Two: Women Writing Kinship in Chicago's Black Arts Movement; Chapter Three: Mirrors of Deception: Invisible, Untouchable, Beautiful Blackness in Johari Amini's Black Art; Chapter Four: Muddying Clear Waters: Carolyn Rodgers's Black Art; Chapter Five: Building a Home, Building a Nation: Family in the City and Beyond in Angela Jackson's Black ArtChapter Six: Mixing Metaphors: Spirituality, Environmentalism, and Dystopia in Carolyn Rodgers's and Angela Jackson's Postrace Black ArtConclusion: You Remind Me . . . "Post-BAM/Soul" Reflections; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; XA disproportionate number of male writers continue to be credited for constructing the iconic and ideological foundations for what would be perpetuated as the Black Art Movement (BAM). Though an increasing amount of scholarship has recognised leading women artists, activists, and leaders of this period, these new perspectives have yet to recognise adequately the ways women aspired to far more than a mere dismantling of male-oriented ideals. This book examines the work of several women artists working in Chicago, a key focal point for the energy and production of the movement.Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American women authorsBlack Arts movementAfrican American arts20th centuryAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.African American women authors.Black Arts movement.African American arts810.9/928708996073Phelps Carmen L1818337StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910957528503321Visionary women writers of Chicago's Black Arts Movement4377400UNINA