Critical Fictions

The Politics of Imaginative Writing

Author: Philomena Mariani
ISBN: 1565844971

A Village Voice Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year, this "treasure chest of essays about the relationship of writing to cultural politics" (Utne Reader) celebrates a myriad of voices and histories. Grappling with dilemmas of cultural identity, sexual politics, and systems of oppression, these writers speak with humor, outrage, irony, and faith. Their stories are urgent, their passions direct. They provide us with a more generous sense of geography and a more compassionate sense of justice. With contributions by: Chinua Achebe Ama Ata Aidoo Claribel Alegria Hilton Als Margaret Atwood James Baldwin Harold A. Bascom Homi K. Bhabha Angela Carter Ana Castillo Michelle Cliff Alicia Dujovne Ortiz Nawal El Saadawi Eduardo Galeano Augustin Gómez-Arcos Nadine Gordimer Jessica Hagedorn Bessie Head bell hooks Gary Indiana Arturo Islas Jamaica Kincaid Maxine Hong Kingston Patrick McGrath Walter Mosley Bharati Mukherjee Abdelrahman Munif Lauretta Ngcobo Elena Poniatowska Salman Rushdie Sara

Publisher: New Press
Publish Date: 1998-09-01

Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays, Literary Criticism / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Sociology (SOCI))