Narratives of African American Women's Literary Pragmatism and Creative Democracy

by Gregory Phipps

Book Overview

This book charts an interdisciplinary narrative of literary pragmatism and creative democracy across the writings of African American women, from the works of nineteenth-century philosophers to the novels and short stories of Harlem Renaissance authors. The book argues that this critically neglected narrative forms a genealogy of black feminist intersectionality and a major contribution to the development of American pragmatism. Bringing together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030018539
• ISBN13: 9783030018535
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"