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Ms Wallace lucidly argues the case for sustituting political and economic issues for sexual ones, but shows how the sexes and the races an resolve their differences.
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About the Author:
Michele Wallace is Professor of English at CUNY’s Graduate Center and City College. She was Editor-at-Large for Essence magazine and a columnist for the Village Voice.
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“A landmark black feminist text ... Deserves rereading.”
—Ms.
“One of the first books truly critiquing the systems in place, ways of thinking and being that feed the myth of black women as the ultimate heroine.”
—The Root
“A light to Black Feminism, Women and Gender Studies, African American and Diaspora Studies, Film Studies, popular culture, the art world, and beyond.”
—Feminist Wire
“Serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism ... Wallace’s fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away.”
—Toni Cade Bambara, Washington Post
“Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed.”
—Publishers Weekly
—Ms.
“One of the first books truly critiquing the systems in place, ways of thinking and being that feed the myth of black women as the ultimate heroine.”
—The Root
“A light to Black Feminism, Women and Gender Studies, African American and Diaspora Studies, Film Studies, popular culture, the art world, and beyond.”
—Feminist Wire
“Serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism ... Wallace’s fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away.”
—Toni Cade Bambara, Washington Post
“Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed.”
—Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherCalder Publications Ltd
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0714537780
- ISBN 13 9780714537788
- BindingPaperback
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