Africana Womanism

<p>The sixth edition of <i>Africana Womanism </i>provides important updates to the classic text in which Clenora Hudson (Weems) sets out a paradigm for women of African descent. Differentiating itself from the problematic theories of Western feminisms Africana Womanism allows an establishment of cultural identity and relationship directly to ancestry and land.</p><p>Introduced in the mid-1980s <i>Africana Womanism </i>offers a new term and paradigm for women of African descent a family-centered concept prioritizing race class and gender. This new edition includes an Africana Womanist reading of Angie Thomas’ twenty-first-century novel <i>The Hate U Give</i> continuing existing Africana Womanist readings of twentieth-century novels by Hurston Bâ Marshall Morrison and McMillan; a Prologue a previously unpublished interview with the author; a revised conclusion; updated bibliographies; an updated annotated bibliography; and a new section outlining key questions clarifications considerations and commentaries surrounding Africana Womanism in relation to other female-based theories.</p><p><i>Africana Womanism</i> remains an important work and essential reading for researchers and students in women and gender studies Africana studies African American studies literary studies and cultural studies.</p>