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- catalog abstract ""Focusing on specific texts by Jamaica Kincaid, Maryse Conde, and Paule Marshall, this study explores the intricate trichotomous relationship between the mother (biological or surrogate), the motherlands Africa and the Caribbean, and the mothercountry represented by England, France, and/or North America. The mother-daughter relationships in the works discussed address the complex, conflicting notions of motherhood that exist within this trichotomy. Although mothering is usually socialized as a welcoming, nurturing notion, Alexander argues that alongside this nurturing notion there exists much conflict. Specifically, she argues that the mother-daughter relationship, plagued with ambivalence, is often further conflicted by colonialism or colonial intervention from the "other," the colonial mothercountry." "Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women offers an overview of Caribbean women's writings from the 1990s, focusing on the personal relationships these three authors have had with their mothers and/or motherlands to highlight links, despite social, cultural, geographical, and political differences, among Afro-Caribbean women and their writings. Alexander traces acts of resistance, which facilitate the (re)writing/righting of the literary canon and the conception of a "newly created genre" and a "womanist" tradition through fictional narratives with autobiographical components."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11968459.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Focusing on specific texts by Jamaica Kincaid, Maryse Conde, and Paule Marshall, this study explores the intricate trichotomous relationship between the mother (biological or surrogate), the motherlands Africa and the Caribbean, and the mothercountry represented by England, France, and/or North America. The mother-daughter relationships in the works discussed address the complex, conflicting notions of motherhood that exist within this trichotomy. Although mothering is usually socialized as a welcoming, nurturing notion, Alexander argues that alongside this nurturing notion there exists much conflict. Specifically, she argues that the mother-daughter relationship, plagued with ambivalence, is often further conflicted by colonialism or colonial intervention from the "other," the colonial mothercountry." "Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women offers an overview of Caribbean women's writings from the 1990s, focusing on the personal relationships these three authors have had with their mothers and/or motherlands to highlight links, despite social, cultural, geographical, and political differences, among Afro-Caribbean women and their writings. Alexander traces acts of resistance, which facilitate the (re)writing/righting of the literary canon and the conception of a "newly created genre" and a "womanist" tradition through fictional narratives with autobiographical components."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-209) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Reclaiming Identities: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers Writing the Self -- Resisting Zombification: (Re)Writing/Righting the Literary Canon -- I Am Me, I Am You: The Intricate Mother-Daughter Dyadic Relationship -- Imagined Homelands: Engendering a Mythic Return "Home" -- "An/Other Way of Knowing Things": Ancestral Line(age), Revalidating Our Ancestral Inheritances -- "Call[ing] Your Nation": A Journey Completed.".
- catalog extent "x, 215 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women.".
- catalog identifier "082621309X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women.".
- catalog spatial "Caribbean Area".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.5093520431 21".
- catalog subject "African American women Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "African American women in literature.".
- catalog subject "American fiction African American authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American fiction Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Caribbean fiction (English) Women authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Condé, Maryse Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Home in literature.".
- catalog subject "Kincaid, Jamaica Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Marshall, Paule, 1929- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Motherhood in literature.".
- catalog subject "Mothers and daughters in literature.".
- catalog subject "Mothers in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR9205.4 .A48 2001".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Caribbean Area History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Reclaiming Identities: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers Writing the Self -- Resisting Zombification: (Re)Writing/Righting the Literary Canon -- I Am Me, I Am You: The Intricate Mother-Daughter Dyadic Relationship -- Imagined Homelands: Engendering a Mythic Return "Home" -- "An/Other Way of Knowing Things": Ancestral Line(age), Revalidating Our Ancestral Inheritances -- "Call[ing] Your Nation": A Journey Completed.".
- catalog title "Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women / Simone A. James Alexander.".
- catalog type "text".