Motherlove in Shades of Black
This book closely examines the mother figure in six works by African American women at various times in American history: Harriet Jacobs''s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Pauline Hopkins''s Contending Forces, Nella Larsen''s Passing, Gwendolyn Brooks''s Maud Martha, Alice Walker''s The Color Purple, and Toni Morrison''s Beloved. It studies how the mother in each novel negotiates the rag...
This book closely examines the mother figure in six works by African American women at various times in American history: Harriet Jacobs''s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Pauline Hopkins''s Contending Forces, Nella Larsen''s Passing, Gwendolyn Brooks''s Maud Martha, Alice Walker''s The Color Purple, and Toni Morrison''s Beloved. It studies how the mother in each novel negotiates the rag...
