"Saints, Sinners, Saviors: Strong Black Women in African American Literature" explores the idea of strength as a frequently contradictory and damaging trait for black women characters in major literary works of the 20th century. Looking at work by Hansberry, Morrison, Bambara, West, Gaines, Reed, and others, Trudier Harris shows how writers draw upon popular images of African American women in producing what they believe to be safe literary representations. She argues…
Author: Trudier Harris · Original publisher: Palgrave (New York, 2001)
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