Spirituality as Ideology in Black Women's Film and Literature - Softcover

Ryan, Judylyn S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813923700 ISBN 13: 9780813923703

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2005

Synopsis

Arguing that spirituality functions as a life-affirming ideology on Black women's art, Ryan (English, Ohio Wesleyan U.) shows how Black women filmmakers and writers, by their choices informing narrative construction and characterization, embrace the role and responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing life-force to sustain the community of viewers and readers. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Judylyn S. Ryan is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Wesleyan University. Her work has appeared in numerous periodicals and edited volumes.

Review:

"Appealing to and carrying forward a tradition of ancient spiritual power, this book offers a proactive enterprise, illuminating the agency of black women historically....The scholarship is extensive, original, and embraces a very catholic and eclectic approach to the literature of black women." - Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, author of If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community"

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0813923700
• ISBN 13: 9780813923703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 193