Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters as a resource for Black Time Studies

The Explicator 2026

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Authors: Na Rim Kim
DOI: 10.1080/00144940.2025.2611920
Cited by: 0
References: 7

Abstract

This essay argues that the writer-activist Toni Cade Barbara’s 1980 novel The Salt Eaters is an important resource for Black Time Studies. Focused on “unfurling [time’s] role in the historical proj...

Fields of Study & Subjects

Race History and American Society American Literature and Culture Caribbean and African Literature and Culture

Publication details

Journal / source
The Explicator
Volume
84
Issue
3
Pages
503–508
Publication date
10 March 2026
Language
EN