| Black Female Vampires in African American Women's Novels, 1977-2011: She Bites Back Contributor(s): Parker, Kendra R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498553176 ISBN-13: 9781498553179 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Women |
| Dewey: 813.540 |
| LCCN: 2018043986 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.01 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire in several fields of study including literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. Black female vampires continue to appear as important literary devices and revealing indicators of cultural attitudes and trends about African American women's bodies. This book examines five novels written by four African American women writers to investigate what it means to represent African American womanhood through the lens of vampirism, interrogate how these representations connect to or stem from historical representations of African American women, and explore how representations of black female vampires in African American women's literature simultaneously negate, reinforce, or dismantle stereotypes of African American women. |
