Moorings & Metaphors: Figures of Culture and Gender in Black Women's Literature
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Book Overview
Moorings and Metaphors is one of the first studies to examine the ways that cultural tradition is reflected in the language and figures of black women's writing. In a discussion that includes the works of Gloria Naylor, Alice Walker, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ntozake Shange, Buchi Emecheta, Octavia Butler, Efua Sutherland, and Gayl Jones, and with a particular focus on Toni Morrison's Beloved and Flora Nwapa's Efuru , Holloway follows the narrative structures,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:081351746X
ISBN13:9780813517469
Release Date:December 1991
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:218 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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amazing! finally a theory that works!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Everytime I read a new book by a black woman author, this book is still right about the ways they write. Even several years after its publication, I am amazed that Holloway's theory of ancestry and remembrance continue to accurately predict the interest and direction of black women's literature. This book is a stunning intellectual accomplishment. It will take a while to read, but hold onto it. This is a theory that works!
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