{"product_id":"words-of-fire-an-anthology-of-african-american-feminist-thought-9781565842564","title":"Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe timeless and essential anthology of Black Feminist thought--showing that Black women have always understood the need for feminism to be intersectional\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In this pathbreaking collection of articles, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall has taken us from the early 1830s to contemporary times. . . . She has refused to cut off contemporary African American women from the long line of sisters who have righteously struggled for the liberation of African American women from the dual oppressions of racism and sexism.\" --from the epilogue by Johnnetta B. Cole\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first major anthology to trace the development of Black Feminist thought in the United States, \u003cem\u003eWords of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e is Beverly Guy-Sheftall's comprehensive collection of writings by more than sixty Black women. From the pioneering work of abolitionist Maria Miller Stewart and anti-lynching crusader Ida Wells-Barnett to the writings of feminist critics Michele Wallace and bell hooks, Black women have been writing about the multiple jeopardies--racism, sexism, and classism--that have made it imperative to forge a brand of feminism uniquely their own. In the words of Audre Lorde, \"the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house\"--\u003cem\u003eWords of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e provides the tools to dismantle the interlocking systems that oppress us and to rebuild from their ashes a society of true freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShirley Chisholm\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Combahee River Collective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnna Julia Cooper\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAngela Davis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlice Dunbar-Nelson\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLorraine Hansberry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebell hooks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClaudia Jones\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJune Jordan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAudre Lorde\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeth E. Richie\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBarbara Smith\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSojourner Truth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlice Walker\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMichele Wallace\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIda Wells-Barnett\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeverly Guy-Sheftall is the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of English and Women's Studies at Spelman College and the founding director of the Women's Research \u0026amp; Resource Center. She is also one of the founding co-editors of \u003ci\u003eSage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eWho Should Be First?: Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Johnnetta B. Cole) and \u003ci\u003eStill Brave: The Evolution of Black Women's Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Frances Smith Foster and Stanlie M. James).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566978044178,"sku":"9781565842564","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd041586-9f1d-4a6b-a2ff-8b1518555f88.jpg?v=1731905203","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/words-of-fire-an-anthology-of-african-american-feminist-thought-9781565842564","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}