Motherlove in shades of black : the maternal psyche in the novels of African American women /
Pillow, Gloria Thomas.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.,
c2010.
"This book examines the mother figure in six works: how the mother negotiates the ragged, hostile landscape of a prohibitive environment to love, protect, and raise her children. Informed by psychological analysis, it reveals the forces that create the unique tensions of the African American mother's life, strategies for survival, and nurturing she gives her children"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword by Geneva Smitherman -- Introduction -- Linda Brent: through a glass, darkly -- Sappho Clark: double exposure -- Irene Redfield: smoke and mirrors -- Maud Martha: gray, lined in silver -- Celie: emergent light -- Sethe: beyond the pale.
"This book examines the mother figure in six works: how the mother negotiates the ragged, hostile landscape of a prohibitive environment to love, protect, and raise her children. Informed by psychological analysis, it reveals the forces that create the unique tensions of the African American mother's life, strategies for survival, and nurturing she gives her children"--Provided by publisher.
American fiction
American fiction
African American mothers in literature.
Love, Maternal, in literature.
Mother and child in literature.
African American mothers