In this "dazzling anthology" (Publishers Weekly), Daryl Cumber Dance has collected the often hard-hitting, sometimes risque, always dramatic humor that arises from the depth of black women's souls and the breadth of their lives. The eloquent wit and laughter of African American women are presented here in all their written and spoken manifestations: autobiographies, novels, essays, poems, speeches, comic routines, proverbial sayings, cartoons, mimeographed sheets, and folk tales. The chapters proceed thematically, covering the church, love, civil rights, motherly advice, and much more."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/1998
ISBN: 9780393318180
Pages: 673
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d