| Description |
xii, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: I'm Not Mad, I'm Postcolonial, a Woman, and a Mother -- 1. Taking Flight and Taking Foot: From Margaret Garner to Beloved -- 2. Surrogate Mothering: Maroon Nanny, Jean Rhys, and Marronage -- 3. Refusing to Live on Scent: Textures of Memory by Way of Pluie et vent sur Telumee Miracle -- 4. Crossing Bridges and Memory-Telling: Une si longue lettre -- 5. From a Lineage of Southern Women: She Has Left Us Empty and Full of Her -- App. A. Legacies of Margaret Garner -- App. B. From Periodical Accounts Relating to the Missions of the Church of the United Brethren Established among the Heathen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Blacks in literature.
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Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
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Motherhood in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Slavery in literature.
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Women in literature.
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| LC no. |
2001003296 |
| ISBN |
0816623511 (hbk) |
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0816623538 (paperback) |
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