In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
Womanist Prose
Book • 1983
This book is a collection of 36 essays that delve into the lives and creative expressions of Black women, highlighting their struggles and achievements in a society that often marginalized them.
Walker draws on her own experiences and those of her mother and grandmothers, as well as other notable Black women writers like Phillis Wheatley and Zora Neale Hurston.
The essays emphasize the importance of recognizing and honoring the artistic traditions and legacies of these women, who created masterpieces despite the hardships and limitations imposed upon them.
Walker draws on her own experiences and those of her mother and grandmothers, as well as other notable Black women writers like Phillis Wheatley and Zora Neale Hurston.
The essays emphasize the importance of recognizing and honoring the artistic traditions and legacies of these women, who created masterpieces despite the hardships and limitations imposed upon them.
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Mentioned as a dictionary-style definition of the term womanist.
HAP 125 - Phenomenal Woman - The Black Women’s Literary Renaissance
Mentioned by Jennifer C. Nash as a fundamental way of thinking about doing Black feminist work as recovering our mothers and foremothers.
Jennifer C. Nash, "How We Write Now: Living with Black Feminist Theory" (Duke UP, 2024)
Mentioned by Jennifer C. Nash as a foundational text in Black feminist thought, focusing on the recovery of mothers and foremothers.
Jennifer C. Nash, "How We Write Now: Living with Black Feminist Theory" (Duke UP, 2024)
