The Temple of My Familiar

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• Womanism

  American black people describe their wildest girls as ‘womanish’. Alice Walker recalls that traditional usage in defining her own work: she is interested in ‘womanist’ rather than ‘feminist’ writing. ‘Womanist’ texts proclaim a double rebellion, fusi ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

• Book club edition (BOMC)

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  This book felt more like a treatise than a novel. That was its major flaw. A pity, because the combination of story and discourse could have worked and been interesting.

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• English Books
• Paperback 416 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0671683993
• ISBN-13: 9780671683993
• Publisher: Pocket
• Pub date: May 01, 1990
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook

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