Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora(English, Hardcover, Henderson Mae G.)

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Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora(English, Hardcover, Henderson Mae G.) is written by Henderson Mae G. and published by Oxford University Press Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195116593 (ISBN 10) and 9780195116595 (ISBN 13).

Tropes ranging from Houston Baker's "bluesman," to Henry Louis Gates' "signifyin'" to Geneva Smitherman's "talkin' and testifyin'" to bell hooks' "talking back" to Cheryl Wall's "worrying the line" all affirm the power of sonance and sound in the African American literary tradition. The collection of essays in Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora contributes to this tradition by theorizing the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Looking to work by such prominent black female authors as Alice Walker, Sherley Anne Williams, Toni Morrison, Zora Neal Hurston, among many others, Mae G. Henderson provides a deeply felt reflection on race and gender and their effects within the discourse of speaker and listener.