Leseur, Geta

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LESEUR, Geta

LESEUR, Geta. American (born Jamaica). Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, Literary criticism and history, Third World, Women's studies and issues. Career: Indiana University-Bloomington, associate instructor in Afro-American studies, 1975-82; Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, assistant professor of English and Africana studies, 1984-85; University of California, Berkeley, fellow in African-American studies, 1985-86; University of Arizona, Tucson, adjunct professor of black studies, 1986-87; University of California, Berkeley, fellow in African-American studies, 1987-88; University of Missouri-Columbia, assistant professor, 1988-94, associate professor of English and women's studies and member of adjunct faculty in black studies, 1994-, Wakonse fellow, 1991. Publications: Ten Is the Age of Darkness: The Black Bildungsroman (literary criticism), 1995; Not All Okies Are White: The Lives of Black Cotton Pickers in Arizona, 2000. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Department of English, 107 Tate Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]