Reading to Resist: Contemporary Black British Women’s Writing (1) (Routledge Literary Studies in Social Justice)

Synopsis

This is the first book to focus on writing by black British women writers, using an approach that highlights the potential of this fiction to intervene into discourses that shape the worlds in which it is situated.Reading to Resist: Contemporary Black British Women's Writing undertakes a close, innovative reading of the novels selected, one that focuses on the texts’ aesthetics as well as their thematic engagement with the worlds of their readers and the worlds the texts themselves construct. Each chapter examines themes such as freedom and agency, moral understanding, and history, while also exploring issues of importance to the contemporary period such as well-being, success, and achievement. Reading to Resist: Contemporary Black British Women's Writing covers a broad range of texts including the work of internationally acclaimed writers such as Nadifa Mohamed, Zadie Smith, Diana Evans and Buchi Emecheta, as well as work by much less well-known writers such as Jacqueline Walker, Yvvette Edwards, and Jacqueline Roy.

Copyright:

2026

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

174 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040393567

Related ISBNs:

9781040393543, 9781032546292, 9781003642213

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

07/18/25

Copyrighted By:

Suzanne Scafe, The right of Suzanne Scafe to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts

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