Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-170) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : dreaming for empowerment -- The construction of a concrete utopian aesthetic : concrete utopian thoughts in Ernst Bloch's The principle of hope -- A farewell to a ghost : Toni Morrison's Beloved -- The creation of a messiah : Gloria Naylor's Bailey's CafeĢ -- A revival of ancestral hope : Julie Dash's Daughters of the dust -- Healing communities : Ernst Bloch and contemporary African American women writers.
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