Binding Cultures

GAY WILENTZ is Assistant Professor of English at East Carolina University. She has published essays in College English, Research in African Literatures, Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature, and MELUS.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionI The Africans1 Flora Nwapa, Efuru2 Efua Sutherland, Foriwa3 Ama Ata Aidoo, The Dilemma of a GhostII The African-Americans4 Alice Walker, The Color Purple5 Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon6 Paule Marshall, Praisesong for the WidowConclusionNotesWorks Cited and Select BibliographyIndex

"Wilentz's jargon-free, intelligent discussion ... will appeal to students in African, African American, and women's literature courses, as well as general readers interested in the emerging field." Choice "Through these works, Wilentz demonstrates the powerful transformation possible through understanding - and embracing - the past, even if that past includes oppression and brutalization." Belles Lettres "The theoretical apparatus which forms the foundation [of Binding Cultures] will cause it to be a source that succeeding critics will not be able to ignore... Wilentz has done her research thoroughly, and makes convincing arguments for the connections between African and Afro-American women's culture." Nellie McKay