Böcker av LaToya Jefferson-James

New Criticism and Pedagogical Directions for Contemporary Black Women Writers is a collection of critical and pedagogical essays that shed new light on the creative depths of Black women writers. On the one hand, some Black women writers have been heavily anthologized, they have more often than not been restricted by critical metanarratives. Some of their works have been lionized while others remain neglected. On the other hand, some Black women writers have been ignored and understudied. This collection corrects the gaps in our critical thinking about Black women writers by introducing them to a new generation of undergraduate and graduate students, and by presenting pedagogical essays to our colleagues currently working in the field.

Masculinity Under Construction analyzes Black male identity through the works of various authors from Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. The book discusses the works of canonical Black authors from the pan-African diaspora in order to identify similarities in the construction of male identity in global Black communities.