THE MOTHERS MARK: MATRILINEAL INSCRIPTION, CORPOREALITY, AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS IN BLACK WOMENS LITERATURE

In this project, I use four Caribbean- and African-American female-authored textsPaule Marshalls Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959); Edwidge Danticats Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994); Natasha Tretheweys Native Guard (2006); and Emily Raboteaus The Professors Daughter (2005)to identify and trace the evolutio...

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Main Author: Birdsong, Destiny O.
Other Authors: Kate Daniels
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2012
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07182012-105942/