Identity, Violence and Resilience in 21st Century Black British and American Women's Fiction

This volume offers a variety of essays about the work of contemporary Black British and American writers. Taking a transnational approach, it discusses narrative fictions that depict and denounce the authoritarian uses of language, and mistreatment, stigmatization and invisibility as forms of violence historically suffered by women.

In this volume, scholars analyze contemporary Black British and American women's fiction that tackles issues of violence and its representations. The book gives readers a wide perspective about recent research on the history of Black women who have been subjected to physical and psychological violence, which defines the identities of those women who suffer it. The psychosocial and emotional consequences of violence leave traces that speak of vulnerability, but they also activate resistance and resilience mechanisms as suppliers of identity and personal agency, as reflected on the female characters and authors studied through this volume. The essays aim at publicizing less known writers who denounce abuse, trauma and discrimination, reflecting resilience and resistance mechanisms and taking the ethical rethinking of how we are building our social and culture relations.

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Nuria Torres López is a lecturer at the University of Almería. She is an assistant editor in FemCrítica journal and a member of the advisory board of Ámbitos Feministas. Her research focuses on gender studies. She has coedited four volumes about women writers nationwide.

Carmen García Navarro teaches literature courses at the University of Almería. A part of her work is on Doris Lessing's literature. Her research focuses on the literary representations of migrations, ethnicity, education, examined form the perspectives of resilience and agentiality.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS - Shaping the Debate. Challenging Images - Defining Spaces and Concepts. Violence, New Identities and New Meanings - Changing the Present and Future. Reclaiming Their Voices