{"product_id":"conversations-with-toni-cade-bambara-paperback","title":"Conversations with Toni Cade Bambara - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThabiti Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConversations with Toni Cade Bambara\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an artist and activist whose work deftly negotiates boundaries of feminism, nationalism, and film. The intimacy of these collaborations or conversations between Bambara (1939-1995) and her interviewers provides an excellent and necessary resource for those interested in scholarly approaches to her fiction, especially her novels \u003cem\u003eThe Salt Eaters\u003c\/em\u003e and the posthumously published \u003cem\u003eThose Bones Are Not My Child\u003c\/em\u003e, and her acclaimed short story collection \u003cem\u003eGorilla, My Love\u003c\/em\u003e. The collection reveals the passion, humor, and real-life experiences of the woman who through her editing of the groundbreaking anthology of black women's writing \u003cem\u003eThe Black Woman\u003c\/em\u003e and contributions to the documentary \u003cem\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices\u003c\/em\u003e changed perceptions of African American culture in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interviews present a woman who saw herself as -a teacher who writes, a social worker who writes, a youth worker who writes, a mother who writes.- Bambara viewed herself as a cultural worker for oppressed people whose job as an artist was making, in her words, -revolution irresistible.- Indeed, her fiction champions the working class and -average folk, - both of whom she felt were made invisible by mainstream American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume also displays Bambara's passionate criticism of radicalism and revolutionary philosophies that were structured by patriarchal, sexist, and heterosexual-centric paradigms. Her willingness to challenge her own ideals, as well as those that conflicted with them, marks her as one of the most forceful black writers of her era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThabiti Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Washington State University, Vancouver. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBallers of the New School: Race and Sports in America\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has been published in \u003ci\u003eAmeriQuest Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSORAC Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWillamette Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOregon Humanities Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43428849844291,"sku":"9781496813077","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/conversations-with-toni-cade-bambara-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}