Michele Wallace burst into public consciousness with the 1979 publication of Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, a pioneering critique of the misogyny o

First published in 1990, Michele Wallace’s Invisibility Blues is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of black feminism. Wallace’s considerations of

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A classic and controversial critique of sexism in the black nationalist movement, this “landmark black feminist text” is essential reading for those engaged