Woman, African, Other: Black Feminism and Intersectionality in the Contemporary Works of African Diasporic Women - Paperback

by Oluwadunni O. Talabi (Author)

In their literary works, African diasporic women articulate how the lived experience and subjugated status of women of African descent within local and global contexts are shaped by colonial and patriarchal networks of power. Using Black feminism as the overarching theory, Woman, African, Other unpacks how interlocking (lethal) structures of white supremacy, slavery, colonialism, cultural patriarchy, misogynoir, as well as modified structures of neocolonialism, neoliberalism, racialized capitalism, Western humanitarianism, and postcolonial nation-state laws and narratives, impact the gendered experiences of women of African heritage and permit our continued humiliation in the global sphere.

Author Biography

Oluwadunni O. Talabiis a postdoctoral researcher at the North American and Postcolonial Chair, Universität Bremen, where her research focuses on Black diasporic commons, queer discourses of resistance, and narratives of alternative and ecocentric feminist futures. She completed her PhD in 2023 under the North American and Postcolonial Chair, Universität Bremen. In the Spring of 2022, she was a visiting researcher in residence at the African American and Black Diaspora Studies Department, Boston University Arts & Sciences, USA. ---