Feminism, Womanism, and Civil Rights: The Black Male in African
American Women's Literature
I am putting together a panel for the Literature and Politics section
of the American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association's 2000
conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 19-22, 2000.
Frances Harper's Iola Leroy depicts strong and sympathetic male
characters who readily accept their wives as their equals while Alice
Walker has frequently been criticized for her negative portrayal of
African American men. Nearly one hundred years separates the two
writers, and both were influenced by the twin goals of advancing the
position of both their gender and their race. Do these two authors
represent an anomaly or a pattern. For this panel, I want to examine
the portrayal of male characters in the novels of African American
women writers as reflection or response to the political movements of
the day. How do the two goals of racial and sexual advancement
interact to influence these depictions? I am interested in balancing
the panel between African American novelists of the last nineteenth and
early twentieth century with contemporary authors.
Please send abstract of 500 words or less by September 1, 1999. I am
in the middle of a move, so respond via email.
Contact: Jamie Marchant
jalmarchant@yahoo.com
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