Canons Under Siege
Blackness, Femaleness, and Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3401908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kofi Owusu (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 341 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Callaloo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-2492 • E-ISSN: 1080-6512 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2931711 |
| OpenAlex | W2332961843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Gender and race provide a linkage which sponsors my emphasis on womanism rather than and underwrites the resulting preference for femaleness at the expense of femininity. It is not assumed that there is a preexisting, monolithic entity called African or Black 'womanism,' on the one hand, and Western 'feminism,' on the other. Indeed, it becomes apparent later on in this essay that the perspective that is, at the same time, humanistic and interdisciplinary, unlimited in scope and universal in application (Rigney 81) is not at odds with Alice Walker's [tiraditionally universalist (xi) womanist perspective. Both perspectives transcend the limitations of radical, feminist-separatist ideology. What is often described as Black/African feminism will be referred to in the ensuing pages as womanism. Radical or extremist will be used to premodify womanism and wherever appropriate. The term womanist-feminist or womanist/feminist will signify the merger of womanist and feminist perspectives
Ancient history · Art · Siege · Sister · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Latin American and Latino Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |