{"product_id":"critical-appropriations","title":"Critical Appropriations","description":"From the novels of Toni Morrison to the music of Beyoncé Knowles, the cultural prevalence of a transnational black identity, as created by African American women, is more than a product of geographic mobility. Rather, as author Simone C. Drake shows, these constructions illuminate our understanding of a chronically marginalized demographic. In Critical Appropriations, Drake contends that these fluid and hetero-geneous characterizations of black females arise from multiple creative outlets - literature, film, and music videos - and reflect African Ameri-can women's evolving concept of home, community, gender, and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a close examination of Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e, Danzy Senna's \u003ci\u003eCaucasia\u003c\/i\u003e, Gayl Jones's \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, Erna Brodber's \u003ci\u003eLouisiana\u003c\/i\u003e, and Kasi Lemmons's film \u003ci\u003eEve's Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Beyoncé Knowles's \u003ci\u003eB-Day\u003c\/i\u003e album and music-video collaboration with Shakira, \"\"Beautiful Liar,\"\" Drake reveals how concepts of hybridity - whether positioned as créolité, Candomblé, négritude, Latinidad, or Brasilidade - are appropriated in each work of art as a way of challenging the homogeneous paradigm of black cultural studies. This redefined notion of identity enables African American women to embrace a more complex, transnational blackness that is not only more liberating but also more pertinent to their experiences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from this borderless exchange of ideas and a richer concept of self, Critical Appropriations offers a rewarding reconsideration of the creative implications for African American women, mapping new directions in black women's studies.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807684673880,"sku":"9780807153871","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807153871.jpg?v=1778679082","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/critical-appropriations","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}