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Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora by Mae G. Henderson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
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Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora by Mae G. Henderson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
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Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora by Mae G. Henderson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
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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. Thecollection 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 authorsas 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. | Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora by Mae G. Henderson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters