The Stories of Bambara (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Toni Cade Bambara
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Teaching or teachers, Children, Revolutionaries, Love or romance, Police, Self, Protests or demonstrations, Betrayal, Feminism, Women, Revenge
Toni Cade Bambara was one of the first writers to approach the search for black identity from a feminist perspective. In her fiction, as in the anthologies she has edited, Bambara explores the world of black women, encouraging them to defeat sexism and social injustice through the exertion of their own powerful wills within a larger community.
While she was still in elementary school in New York City, Bambara was already writing stories, skits, and plays. As a student at Queens College in New York, she essayed everything from novels to film scripts. After graduation in 1959,...
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