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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827935003321

Autore

Eckard Paula Gallant

Titolo

Maternal body and voice in Toni Morrison, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Lee Smith / / Paula Gallant Eckard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8262-6403-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54093520431

Soggetti

American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism

Mothers in literature

Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Mother and child in literature

Human body in literature

Motherhood in literature

Voice in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- 1 Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on Motherhood -- 2 The Bluest Eye -- 3 Sula -- 4 Beloved -- 5 In Country -- 6 Spence + Lila -- 7 Feather Crowns -- 8 Oral History -- 9 Fair and Tender Ladies -- 10 Saving Grace -- 11 Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.