Women of Color : Mother-Daughter Relationships in 20th-Century Literature /

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Interest in the mother-daughter relationship has never been greater, yet there are few books specifically devoted to the relationships between daughters and mothers of color. To fill that gap, this collection of original essays explores the mother-daughter relationship as it appears in the works of...

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Otros Autores: Brown-Guillory, Elizabeth (Contribuidor, Editor ), Evans, Charlene Taylor (Contribuidor), Foster, M. Marie Booth (Contribuidor), Fultz, Lucille P. (Contribuidor), Gonzalez, Maria (Contribuidor), Jay, Julia De Foor (Contribuidor), Mohanram, Radhika (Contribuidor), Mylan, Sheryl A. (Contribuidor), Pollock, Kimberly Joyce (Contribuidor), Worsham, Fabian Clements (Contribuidor), Yongue, Patricia Lee (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minority women in literature.
Minority women > United States > Intellectual life.
Motherhood in literature.
Mothers and daughters in literature.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Interest in the mother-daughter relationship has never been greater, yet there are few books specifically devoted to the relationships between daughters and mothers of color. To fill that gap, this collection of original essays explores the mother-daughter relationship as it appears in the works of African, African American, Asian American, Mexican American, Native American, Indian, and Australian Aboriginal women writers. Prominent among the writers considered here are Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Cherrie Moraga, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Amy Tan. Elizabeth Brown-Guillory and the other essayists examine the myths and reality surrounding the mother-daughter relationship in these writers' works. They show how women writers of color often portray the mother-daughter dyad as a love/hate relationship, in which the mother painstakingly tries to convey knowledge of how to survive in a racist, sexist, and classist world while the daughter rejects her mother's experiences as invalid in changing social times. This book represents a further opening of the literary canon to twentieth-century women of color. Like the writings it surveys, it celebrates the joys of breaking silence and moving toward reconciliation and growth.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9780292767614
Acceso:restricted access

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