Cannon, Katie G. Katie's canon : : womanism and the soul of the Black community / [electronic resource] / Katie Geneva Cannon.. — New York : : Continuum,, 1995.. — 191 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot -- 1. Surviving the Blight -- 2. Slave Ideology and Biblical Interpretation -- 3. The Emergence of Black Feminist Consciousness -- 4. Moral Wisdom in the Black Women's Literary Tradition -- 5. Womanist Perspectival Discourse and Canon Formation -- 6. Resources for a Constructive Ethic: The Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston -- 7. Unctuousness as Virtue - According to the Life of Zora Neale Hurston -- 8. "The Wounds of Jesus": Justification of Goodness in the Face of Manifold Evil -- 9. Womanist Interpretation and Preaching in the Black Church -- 10. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: The Womanist Dilemma in the Development of a Black Liberation Ethic -- 11. Appropriation and Reciprocity in the Doing of Womanist Ethics -- 12. Metalogues and Dialogues: Teaching the Womanist Idea -- 13. Racism and Economics: The Perspective of Oliver C. Cox -- Appendix: Exposing My Home Point of View.
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American literature--African American authors--History and criticism--theory, etc. American literature--Women authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc. Feminism and literature--History.--United States Women and literature--History.--United States African American women--Intellectual life. African American women in literature. Womanism in literature. African Americans in literature. Community life in literature. Ethics in literature. Canon (Literature) Frauenliteratur Weibliche Schwarze