Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing

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Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing is a critical study that examines the aesthetics, cultural politics, and expressive traditions of African American women’s literature.

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A. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
B. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays by Alice Walker that explores Black women's creativity, history, and resilience through literary criticism, biography, and personal reflection.
C. Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing is a landmark 1968 collection of poetry, fiction, drama, and essays by Black writers that helped define the aesthetics, politics, and cultural vision of the Black Arts Movement.
D. Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet
"Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet" is a memoir by Nikki Giovanni that blends personal narrative, social commentary, and reflections on race, identity, and the development of her poetic voice.
E. Negro Art: Past and Present
"Negro Art: Past and Present" is an influential essay by philosopher and critic Alain Locke that examines the history, aesthetics, and cultural significance of African and African American art within the broader context of modern art.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing
Target entity description: Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing is a critical study that examines the aesthetics, cultural politics, and expressive traditions of African American women’s literature.

A. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature is a widely used scholarly collection that surveys and contextualizes major works by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the present.
B. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays by Alice Walker that explores Black women's creativity, history, and resilience through literary criticism, biography, and personal reflection.
C. Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing
Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing is a landmark 1968 collection of poetry, fiction, drama, and essays by Black writers that helped define the aesthetics, politics, and cultural vision of the Black Arts Movement.
D. Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet
"Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Years of Being a Black Poet" is a memoir by Nikki Giovanni that blends personal narrative, social commentary, and reflections on race, identity, and the development of her poetic voice.
E. Negro Art: Past and Present
"Negro Art: Past and Present" is an influential essay by philosopher and critic Alain Locke that examines the history, aesthetics, and cultural significance of African and African American art within the broader context of modern art.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	book ⓘ critical study ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
academicDiscipline	African American studies ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ literary studies ⓘ women’s studies ⓘ
addresses	aesthetics in African American women’s writing ⓘ cultural politics in African American women’s writing ⓘ expressive traditions in African American women’s writing ⓘ
author	Yvonne Vera ⓘ
concerns	Black feminist thought ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ literary aesthetics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
examines	cultural context of African American women’s literary production ⓘ poetics of Afro-American women’s writing ⓘ linked to: Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing politics of representation in African American women’s texts ⓘ relationship between spirituality and writing in African American women’s literature ⓘ
focusesOn	aesthetics of African American women’s writing ⓘ cultural politics of African American women’s writing ⓘ expressive traditions of African American women’s literature ⓘ
genre	African American literary criticism ⓘ feminist literary criticism ⓘ
hasTheme	race and gender in literary expression ⓘ spirituality in African American women’s writing ⓘ tradition and innovation in African American women’s literature ⓘ voice and subjectivity of Black women writers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	African American women’s literature ⓘ Afro-American women’s writing ⓘ
periodCovered	20th century African American women’s writing ⓘ
perspective	Afrocentric perspective ⓘ feminist perspective ⓘ
subjectHeading	African American women authors ⓘ American literature—African American authors—History and criticism ⓘ Women and literature—United States ⓘ
targetAudience	researchers in cultural studies ⓘ scholars of African American literature ⓘ students of women’s studies ⓘ
title	Workings of the Spirit: The Poetics of Afro-American Women’s Writing ⓘ

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