Barbra christiansen biography of mahatma
07.12.00 - Barbara Christian, professor and pioneer of ......
Barbara Christian, professor of African American studies, and a pioneer of contemporary American literary feminism, died Sunday, June 25, at her home in Berkeley, from cancer.
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The author and editor of several books and almost published articles and reviews, Christian was best known for her landmark study, "Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition," which appeared in following the rediscovery of the work of important women writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and Nella Larsen.
Barbra christiansen biography of mahatma
She was among the first scholars to focus national attention on such major writers as Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
"She was a path-breaking scholar," said Percy Hintzen, chairman of the department of African American studies.
"Nobody did more to bring black women writers into academic and popular recognition."
Christian was known for her critical presence in the growing debates over the relationship between race, class and gender. Her widely cited article, "The Race for Theory,"