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 the
black experience in America include recollections of her early life in Harlem;
a look at the continued underrepresentation of black voices in politics, media,
and culture; and the legacy of such figures as Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Cade Bam
bara, Toni Morrison,and Alice Walker. Wallace addresses the tensions between rac
e, gender, and society, bringing them into the open with a singular mix of liter
ary virtuosity and scholarly rigor.
