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Originally published in 1978, this book caused a storm of controversy as Micheke Wallace blasted the masculinist bias of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power and the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood. In 1990 the author added a new introduction examining the debate the book had sparked between intellectuals and political leaders; an extensive bibliography of contemporary black feminist studies was also added. Black Macho raised issues and arguments that framed the terms of current feminist and black theory and continues to be relevant today.
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"Serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism ... Wallace's fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away." --Toni Cade Bambara, "Washington Post"
"Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed." --"Publishers Weekly"
Serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism ... Wallace s fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away. Toni Cade Bambara, "Washington Post"
Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed. "Publishers Weekly""
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"Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed." --"Publishers Weekly"
Serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism ... Wallace s fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away. Toni Cade Bambara, "Washington Post"
Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed. "Publishers Weekly""
Michele Wallace has taught creative writing and Afro-American Literature at the universities of California, Oklahoma and Buffalo and is currently Professor of English and Women's Studies at the City College of New York. She has been a regular contributor to Zeta, the Village Voice and Art Forum.
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- PublisherCalder Publications Ltd
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0714537780
- ISBN 13 9780714537788
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages182
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