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Womanism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term womanism was used by author Alice Walker in her book In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983). Although the term was in use from the 19th Century,[1] Walker was the first to use the term to describe “black feminist or feminist of colour” (Collins 2001: 10).
Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2005) describes womanism as a “theoretical perspective focused on the experiences and knowledge bases of Black women [which] recognizes and interrogates the social realities of slavery, segregation, sexism, and economic exploitation this group has experienced during its history in the United States. Furthermore, womanism examines these realities and Black women’s responses without viewing them as a variation on or derivation of Black male or White female behaviour and social circumstances” (p. 437).
As Hill notes, the definitional dissection of the term womanism undergoes severe deconstruction in academic circles and feminist literature alike (Alexander-Floyd & Simien, 2006).
Importantly, Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2005) emphasizes that not all Black women are womanist ...
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term womanism was used by author Alice Walker in her book In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983). Although the term was in use from the 19th Century,[1] Walker was the first to use the term to describe “black feminist or feminist of colour” (Collins 2001: 10).
Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2005) describes womanism as a “theoretical perspective focused on the experiences and knowledge bases of Black women [which] recognizes and interrogates the social realities of slavery, segregation, sexism, and economic exploitation this group has experienced during its history in the United States. Furthermore, womanism examines these realities and Black women’s responses without viewing them as a variation on or derivation of Black male or White female behaviour and social circumstances” (p. 437).
As Hill notes, the definitional dissection of the term womanism undergoes severe deconstruction in academic circles and feminist literature alike (Alexander-Floyd & Simien, 2006).
Importantly, Beauboeuf-Lafontant (2005) emphasizes that not all Black women are womanist ...