Sister killjoy5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Their female characters, many of whom participate in multiple border crossings, work to define themselves within a hostile environment. Their narratives replicate the displacement engendered by their own experiences of living with the complexities of diasporic existence. In most cases, the authors themselves have migrated from their places of origin to new spaces that present challenges. They examine identity struggles by establishing the Middle Passage as the first site of identity rupture and the subsequent break from cultural and historical moorings. The individual essays concern culturally specific experiences of blacks in select African countries, England, the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada. ![]() Middle Passages and the Healing Place of History: Migration and Identity in Black Women's Literature brings together a series of essays addressing black women's fragmented identities and quests for wholeness. ![]()
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