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Maternal metaphors of power in African American women's literature : from Phillis Wheatley to Toni Morrison

Moore, Geneva Cobb, author, Billingsley, Andrew, writer of foreword

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\"Moore ... combines literature, history, criticism, and theory ... by offering insight into the historical black experience from slavery to freedom as depicted in the literature of nine female writers across several centuries. [She] traces black women writers' creation of feminine and maternal metaphors of power in literature from the colonial era work of Phillis Wheatley to the postmodern work of Paule Marshall, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison. Through their characters Moore shows how these writers re-create the identity of black women and challenge existing rules shaping their subordinate status and behavior\"-- Provided by publishers.

• Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
• Subject: American literature African American authors History and criticism. / American literature Women authors History and criticism. / African American women in literature. / Power (Social sciences) in literature. / Motherhood in literature. / LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
• ISBN: 9781611177480

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS153.N5 M6626 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE