About the Author

Simone A. James Alexander is professor of English at Seton Hall University and the author of Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro- Caribbean Women.

Reviews

"A significant study of the black female body, and it contributes to the dialogue on the recognition of the female body in society, generating consciousness of its power."--Small Axe

"Initiates new conversations on the representation of black women's writings in a transnational context."--College Language Association Journal

"Refusing to fixate on suffering, Alexander celebrates African Diasporic women's transgressions of Western femininity, medicine, and citizenship."--Contemporary Women's Writing

"Through the works of four migrant women writers--Audre Lorde, Edwidge Danticat, Maryse Conde, and Grace Nichols--[Alexander] evaluates the sexual deviance embodied in diseased, disabled, and hypersexualized female bodies, as well as women's resistance against normative classifications. . . . An insightful (re)interpretation of black women's experiences both in the United States and beyond."--Women's Studies

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