Spirituality as Ideology in Black Women's Film and Literature / Edition 1

by Judylyn S. Ryan

Overview

Arguing that spirituality functions as a life-affirming ideology on Black women's art, Ryan (English, Ohio Wesleyan U.) shows how Black women filmmakers and writers, by their choices informing narrative construction and characterization, embrace the role and responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing life-force to sustain the community of viewers and readers. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813923703
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	10/05/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Judylyn S. Ryan is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Wesleyan University. Her work has appeared in numerous periodicals and edited volumes.

Editorial Reviews

Appealing to and carrying forward a tradition of ancient spiritual power, this book offers a proactive enterprise, illuminating the agency of black women historically....The scholarship is extensive, original, and embraces a very catholic and eclectic approach to the literature of black women.

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes