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Black Literary Suite: Reclaiming the Black Body: Women Writing Women
| dc.contributor.author | Boynton, Anthony | |
| dc.contributor.author | McComb, Morgan L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Omni, Vince | |
| dc.contributor.author | Delph, Kyndall | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-12T23:10:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-12T23:10:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/26177 | |
| dc.description | This collection consists of a single PDF containing all the posters from the Black Literary Suite exhibit, Reclaiming the Black Body: Women Writing Women, as well as the audio commentary about the project. Supplementary materials include a list of selected readings and a timeline. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Acknowledging the primacy of physical violence against the female black body, “Reclaiming the Black Body” seeks to open up a new conversation through works that tells us a different story about agency and self-ownership, of women making and remaking themselves, actively reclaiming their own bodies. The 11 authors featured in the exhibit are Janet Mock; Suzan-Lori Parks; Jane Jordan; Ann Petry; Yaa Gyasi; Octavia Butler; Alice Dunbar Nelson; Angela Davis; Assata Shakur; Marita Bonner; and Nnedi Okorafor. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Kansas | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | https://soundcloud.com/egarc/fall-2017-black-literary-suite-1 | |
| dc.subject | Black Literary Suite | |
| dc.subject | Project on the History of Black Writing | |
| dc.subject | Black literature | |
| dc.subject | Black history | |
| dc.subject | Black Magic Girl | |
| dc.subject | Janet Mock | |
| dc.subject | Suzan-Lori Parks | |
| dc.subject | Jane Jordan | |
| dc.subject | Ann Petry | |
| dc.subject | Yaa Gyasi | |
| dc.subject | Octavia Butler | |
| dc.subject | Alice Dunbar Nelson | |
| dc.subject | Angela Davis | |
| dc.subject | Assata Shakur | |
| dc.subject | Marita Bonner | |
| dc.subject | Nnedi Okorafor | |
| dc.title | Black Literary Suite: Reclaiming the Black Body: Women Writing Women | en_US |
| dc.type | Recording, oral | en_US |
| kusw.kuauthor | Graham, Maryemma | |
| kusw.kudepartment | English | en_US |
| dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |
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