Post-Colonial and African American Women's Writing: A Critical Introduction

This book provides a critical introduction for the student and interested reader to African American and post-colonial writing, with a focus on women's writing. Following a lengthy introduction to the field, where the terms imperialism, colonialism, post-colonialism, and feminism are defined and the controversies of the field are acknowledged, Wisker (English, women's studies, Anglia Polytechnic U.) examines the following women's writing: African American, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Caribbean, African, South African, sub-continent Indian, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Black British, South-East Asian, Oceania-Pacific Rim, and Cypriot. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)