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Raphael-Hernandez, Heike

Heike Raphael-Hernandez is Professor of English at the University of Maryland University College in Europe. She received her Ph.D. in English and History from the University of Heidelberg.

THE UTOPIAN AESTHETICS OF THREE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
(TONI MORRISON, GLORIA NAYLOR, JULIE DASH):
The Principle of Hope
2008 0-7734-4936-1
This study argues that German Jewish philosopher Ernst Bloch’s utopian theory of hope is exemplified in the works of contemporary African American writers.