Black mothers and the national body politic : the narrative positioning of the black maternal body from the civil war period through the present /: the narrative positioning of the black maternal body from the civil war period through the present. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrea Powell Wolfe.
• Authors: Wolfe, Andrea Powell
• Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: The Subordination of Embodied Power: Sentimental Representations of the Black Maternal Body in Harriet Beecher Stowe&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Uncle Tom&rsquo;s Cabin and Harriet Jacobs&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Incidents <span style="font-style:italic;">in the Life of a Slave Girl Chapter 2: Recuperating the Body: Embodiment and Reintegration into the Black Community in Pauline Hopkins&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Contending Forces and Toni Morrison&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Beloved Chapter 3: The Narrative Power of the Black Maternal Body: Resisting and Exceeding Visual Economies of Discipline in Margaret Walker&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Jubilee and Sherley Anne Williams&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Dessa Rose Chapter 4: Mapping Black Motherhood onto the Nation: Southern Legacies and National Realities in Lillian Smith&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">Strange Fruit and Alice Randall&rsquo;s <span style="font-style:italic;">The Wind Done Gone Coda: Michelle Obama in Context References Acknowledgements About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (v, 235 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 813.00935252; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Mothers in literature; African Americans in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793631305; 1793631301
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource.
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