Black Literary Suite:  Reclaiming the Black Body: Women Writing Women

Boynton, Anthony; McComb, Morgan L.; Omni, Vince; Delph, Kyndall

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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