Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora

Know about the book -

Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora is written by Mae G. Henderson and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199375216 (ISBN 10) and 9780199375219 (ISBN 13).

Deploying the trope of 'speaking in tongues' to theorise the multivocality of black women's writing, based on the reconstruction of a fundamentally spiritual practice as critical concept, Mae G. Henderson also enlists a second trope, 'dancing diaspora', to theorise the narrativity of black women's dance, based on the notions of 'performing testimony' and 'critical witnessing'. Together, these tropes are meant to signify a tradition of black women writing and performing, a tradition privileging the pre-eminence of voice and narration, along with the roles of listening and witnessing.