The Black Feminist Reader

Editors' Introduction.

List of Contributors.

Part I: Literary Theory:.

1. The Race for Theory: Barbara Christian.

2. "Unspeakable Things Unspoken": The Afro-American Presence in American Literature: Toni Morrison.

3. Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book: Hortense Spillers.

4. A Black Man's Place in Black Feminist Criticism: Michael Awkward.

5. Beyond Miranda's Meanings: Un-silencing the 'Demonic Ground' of 'Caliban's Woman.': Sylvia Wynter.

Part II: Social/Political Theory:.

6. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory: Bell Hooks.

7. Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation: Angela Davis.

8. The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought: Patricia Hill Collins.

9. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics: Kimberlé Crenshaw.

10. Radicalising Feminism: Joy James.

Appendix: Key Feminist Statements.

I. Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement (1972).

II. African American Women in Defense of Ourselves (1991).

Part III: Open Letter from Assata Shakur (1998):.

Selected Bibliography.

Index.