Black mothers and the national body politic: the narrative positioning of the black maternal body from the civil war period through the present
Auteur :
Wolfe, Andrea Powell
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781793631299
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2020
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,8 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
553 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Through discussion of narrative prose composed from the Civil War period through the present, this book examines the positioning of the black maternal body within and in relationship to the national body politic. The author argues that the nation has simultaneously used and cast off the black mother for centuries.