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Andrea R. Canaan

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Andrea R Canaan
Born1950 (age 75–76)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Other names
  • Andrea Ruth Canaan
  • Andrea Ruth Ransom Canaan
Education
OccupationAuthor
Known for Feminism, social activism
Notable workBrowness. in This Bridge Called My Back (1981)
Website andreacanaan.wordpress.com

Andrea R. Canaan (born 1950) is a Black feminist writer, speaker, community organizer, poet and activist.

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Early life and education

Canaan was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1950. She was raised in a close activist and spiritual community. [1] At twelve years old, Canaan was raped by a Methodist minister where she also faced abuse from a female church camp counselor. [2] Canaan has also intimated that her mother was aware of this abuse and did nothing to help her child. [2] Canaan has referenced this abuse in her work by touching upon themes of religious abuses of power and clergy misconduct. [2]

Canaan holds a M.S.W. from University of Tulane and a M.F.A. in non-fiction from the University of San Francisco. [1]

In 2018, she received a second M.F.A. in fiction from Goddard College in Vermont. [3]

In the 1980s, Canaan served as the Director of Women and Employment which helps place women in non-traditional jobs.

Work

Canaan's creative passion is personal wholeness, the transformation of shame into courage for herself and in the lives of other black women. [2] Her work explores themes of black womanhood, sexual abuse, identity labels, and friendships between black women. [4] [5] [6]

Bibliography

Book chapters

References

  1. 1 2 Moraga, Cherríe; Anzaldúa, Gloria, eds. (2015). This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color. State University of New York Press. pp. 232–238, 268. ISBN   978-1438454382. OCLC   894128432.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Crawford, Anna Elaine Brown (January 1, 2002). Hope in the Holler: A Womanist Theology. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 79, 85. ISBN   9780664222543.
  3. ↑ "About". Black Magnolias. April 11, 2015. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ Quashie, Kevin Everod (2004). Black Women, Identity, and Cultural Theory: (un)becoming the Subject . Rutgers University Press. pp.  17–18. ISBN   9780813533674. andrea r canaan black women identity.
  5. ↑ Bell, Linda A. (2012). Beyond the Margins: Reflections of a Feminist Philosopher. SUNY Press. p. 102. ISBN   9780791486016.
  6. ↑ Berger, Michele Tracy; Guidroz, Kathleen (January 1, 2010). The Intersectional Approach: Transforming the Academy through Race, Class, and Gender. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 83. ISBN   9780807895566.
  7. ↑ Faulkner, Mara (1993). Protest and Possibility in the Writing of Tillie Olsen . University of Virginia Press. pp.  106. ISBN   9780813914176. Andrea Canaan.
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