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Light and Legacies

Janaka Bowman Lewis

2023

Overview

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literature In Light and Legacies , author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of Black girlhood in contemporary literature has long remained underexplored. Through this literary history of \"Black Girl Magic,\" Lewis offers one of the first studies in this rapidly growing field of study. Light and Legacies poignantly showcases the activist dimensions of creative literature through work by women writers such as Toni Morrison and Toni Cade. As vectors of protest, these stories reflect historical events while also creating an enduring space of liberation and expression. The book provides didactic and reflective portrayals of the Black experience-an experience that has long been misunderstood. In a work both enlightening and personal, Lewis brilliantly weaves accounts of her own journey together with the liberating stories that shaped her and so many others.

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press,The University of South Carolina Press
• Subject: African American / African American Studies / African American teenage girls in literature / American / American literature-20th century-History and criticism / American literature-21st century-History and criticism / American Studies / Language & Literature / LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
• ISBN: 1643363859, 9781643363851, 9781643363875, 1643363875, 1643363867, 9781643363868