Description: A superb study of black women's writing, taking our understanding of identity, location and representation to new levels. A major contribution to a range of related fields including feminist, cultural and postcolonial studies.
Review Quotes: "This book will make a major contribution to a range of related fields: Black feminism, feminist studies, African literary and cultural studies, postcolonial studies, literary theory, cultural studies...Davies here fulfils the important task of adding a much-needed particularity to the category of Black women's writing.."
-Valerie Smith, University of California, Los Angeles