Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women

<p>Despite recent advances in the study of black thought black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women’s places in intellectual history by engaging the work of writers educators activists religious leaders and social reformers in the United States Africa and the Caribbean. Dedicated to recovering the contributions of thinkers marginalized by both their race and their gender these essays uncover the work of unconventional intellectuals both formally educated and self-taught and explore the broad community of ideas in which their work participated. The end result is a field-defining and innovative volume that addresses topics ranging from religion and slavery to the politicized and gendered reappraisal of the black female body in contemporary culture.<br/><br/>Contributors are Mia E. Bay Judith Byfield Alexandra Cornelius Thadious Davis Corinne T. Field Arlette Frund Kaiama L. Glover Farah J. Griffin Martha S. Jones Natasha Lightfoot Sherie Randolph Barbara D. Savage Jon Sensbach Maboula Soumahoro and Cheryl Wall.</p>