Simone A. James Alexander is professor of English at Seton Hall University and the author of Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro- Caribbean Women.
"A significant study of the black female body, and it contributes
to the dialogue on the recognition of the female body in society,
generating consciousness of its power."--Small Axe
"Initiates new conversations on the representation of black women's
writings in a transnational context."--College Language Association
Journal
"Refusing to fixate on suffering, Alexander celebrates African
Diasporic women's transgressions of Western femininity, medicine,
and citizenship."--Contemporary Women's Writing
"Through the works of four migrant women writers--Audre Lorde,
Edwidge Danticat, Maryse Conde, and Grace Nichols--[Alexander]
evaluates the sexual deviance embodied in diseased, disabled, and
hypersexualized female bodies, as well as women's resistance
against normative classifications. . . . An insightful
(re)interpretation of black women's experiences both in the United
States and beyond."--Women's Studies
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