Mothering across cultures
Subtitle: postcolonial representations
By: Angelita Reyes.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Blacks in literature; Slavery in literature; Women in literature; Literature, Modern -- History and criticism; Postcolonialism in literature
Description: Blending the personal and the historical, the practical and the theoretical, Angelita Reyes draws on a wide range of texts from Africa and the African diaspora to establish mothering as a paradigm of progressive feminisms. Reyes creates a comparative dialogue among the fictions of five postcolonial women writers: Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Simone Schwarz-Bart, Jean Rhys, and Mariama Bâ. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.