Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women / Simone A. James Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Simone A. James, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019--Criticism and interpretation.

Marshall, Paule.

Kincaid, Jamaica--Criticism and interpretation.

Kincaid, Jamaica.

Condé, Maryse--Criticism and interpretation.

Condé, Maryse.

Caribbean fiction (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.

Caribbean fiction (English).

Women and literature--Caribbean Area--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

African American women in literature.

Mothers and daughters in literature.

Motherhood in literature.

Mothers in literature.

Home in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on texts by Jamaica Kincaid, Maryse Conde, and Paule Marshall, Alexander (English and humanities, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York) explores the trichotomous relationship between the biological or surrogate mother; the motherlands of Africa and the Caribbean; and the mother country represented by England, France, and North America. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Reclaiming Identities

Resisting Zombification

I Am Me, I Am You

Imagined Homelands

An/Other Way of Knowing Things

Call[ing] Your Nation

Bibliography

Index

Permissions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-209) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6316-X

OCLC:

301089502