Black Womanist Ethics

This study articulates the distinctive moral character of the Afro-American women's community. Beginning with a reconstructive history of the Afro-American woman's situation in America, Katie G. Cannon goes on to trace the emergence of the Black woman's literary tradition and explain its importance in expressing the moral wisdom of Black women. The life and work of Zora Neale Hurston are examined in detail for her unique contributions to the moral tradition of the Afro-American woman. A final chapter initiates a promising exchange between the works of Hurston and those of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr.


Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Cannon, Katie G.
Published: 01/02/1988
Publisher: Scholars Press
ISBN: 9781555402167
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.64w x 0.52d