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Invisibility Blues

From Pop to Theory

by Michele Wallace
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First published in 1990, Michele Wallace’s Invisibility Blues is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of black feminism.
Wallace’s considerations of the black experience in America include recollections of her early life in Harlem; a look at the continued underrepresentation of black voices in politics, media, and culture; and the legacy of such figures as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Cade Bambara, Toni Morrison,and Alice Walker. Wallace addresses the tensions between race, gender, and society, bringing them into the open with a singular mix of literary virtuosity and scholarly rigor. Invisibility Blues challenges and informs with the plain-spoken truth that has made it an acknowledged classic.

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    November 8, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781786631947
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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      December 1, 1990
      In these 24 essays, written from 1972 to 1990, the author aims to "comprehend the high visibility " of black women in American culture "together with their almost total lack of voice . " This perspective necessarily gives her a different viewpoint than that of white middle-class feminists. Many of the essays reflect ideas first developed in her previous work, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman ( LJ 3/1/79), which is being republished in tandem with this new book. Wallace combines the techniques of autobiography and literary criticism with allusions to pop culture and the women of her acquaintance (such as her artist mother, Faith Ringgold) to create a rich, impassioned social commentary. A valuable work for both public and academic collections.-- Janice Braun, Medical Historical Lib ., Yale Univ.

      Copyright 1990 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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