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02121aam a2200373 a 4500 001 881EF2D63E5111E08A4281886AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110222010108 008 100503s2010 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010017289 020 $a 078643533X (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786435333 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)496959827 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d NSB $d BWX $d CDX $d SILO 050 00 $a PS153.N5 $b P53 2010 050 00 $a PS153.N5 $b P53 2010 100 1 $a Pillow, Gloria Thomas. 245 1 $a Motherlove in shades of black : $b the maternal psyche in the novels of African American women / $c Gloria Thomas Pillow ; foreword by Geneva Smitherman. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland & Co., $c c2010. 300 $a ix, 189 p. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword by Geneva Smitherman -- Introduction -- Linda Brent: through a glass, darkly -- Sappho Clark: double exposure -- Irene Redfield: smoke and mirrors -- Maud Martha: gray, lined in silver -- Celie: emergent light -- Sethe: beyond the pale. 520 $a "This book examines the mother figure in six works: how the mother negotiates the ragged, hostile landscape of a prohibitive environment to love, protect, and raise her children. Informed by psychological analysis, it reveals the forces that create the unique tensions of the African American mother's life, strategies for survival, and nurturing she gives her children"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a American fiction $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a African American mothers in literature. 650 0 $a Love, Maternal, in literature. 650 0 $a Mother and child in literature. 650 0 $a African American mothers $x Psychology. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171223032136.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825063820.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20110222010343.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=881EF2D63E5111E08A4281886AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search