Silva,Dorsía Smith (Editor) and Alexander,Simone A. James (Editor)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
272 p, "Mothering has been a recurring theme in the work of many women writers and Caribbean women writers are no exception. This volume comprises of a collection of essays, which examine the multiple definitions and images of mothering and motherhood--from childbirth as the initial site to surrogate, communal, and extended parenthood in the stories of generations of women that include grandmothers, godmothers, sisters and aunts. Writing out of their numerous cultural, political, social, spiritual, and economic worlds, these Caribbean mothers bring needed attention to their endurance of social class, language, cultural chauvinism, physical and psychological exile, racial politics, and colonial sovereignty barriers." --Publisher's description.