But Some Of Us Are Brave (2nd Ed.): Black Women's Studies Second edition

Marc Notes: Previous edition: 1982.; From literary essays on major writers to pieces on how black women contributed to the blues, this is the ultimate text for black women's studies. First published in 1982, But Some of Us Are Brave has been used in classrooms and universities ever since. The essays capture everything from a black women's place in art to racism and sexism, feminist thought and lesbian studies to political theories and ideologies. Not only does the book provide essential materials for academics and students, it is popular with general readers. Publisher Marketing: Originally published in 1982, "All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies "is the first comprehensive collection of black feminist scholarship. Featuring contributions from Alice Walker and the Combahee River Collective, this book is vital to today's conversation on race and gender in America. With an afterword from "Salon "columnist Brittney Cooper. Coeditors Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith are authors and former women's studies professors. Brittney Cooper is an assistant professor of women and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University and a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective. Contributor Bio:  Hull, Gloria T Akasha Gloria Hull, Ph. D., has taught literature and Women's Studies at a variety of institutions, most recently the University of California at Santa Cruz, and has published widely under the name Gloria T. Hull. Her previous books include "Color, Sex, and Poetry: Three Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance"; "Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson"; "All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave" (co-edited); and "Healing Heart: Poems," She lives in northern California. Contributor Bio:  Smith, Barbara Barbara Smith lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She writes fulltime and has been published in New Trail, Today's Parent, Canadian Emergency News, Western People and Teaching Today, among other publications. Contributor Bio:  Bell-Scott, Patricia Patricia Bell-Scott is the editor of "Life Notes "and coeditor of "All the Women Are White, All the Blacks are Men", " But Some of Us are Brave "and" Double Stitch", which won the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize. She is also a contributing editor to "Ms. "Magazine and a professor at the University of Georgia. She live in Athens.