{"product_id":"domestic-abuse-in-the-novels-of-african-american-women-a-critical-study-9780786479566","title":"Domestic Abuse in the Novels of African American Women: A Critical Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Heather Duerre Humann\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - African American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The literary tradition begun by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s has since flourished and taken new directions with a diverse body of fiction by more contemporary African-American women writers. This book examines the treatment of domestic violence in Hurston's \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e, Gayl Jones's \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, Gloria Naylor's \u003ci\u003eThe Women of Brewster Place\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLinden Hills\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice Walker's \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e, Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e, Terry McMillan's \u003ci\u003eMama\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Day Late and a Dollar Short\u003c\/i\u003e, and Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eSeed to Harvest\u003c\/i\u003e. These novels have given voice to oppressed and abused women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The aims of this work are threefold: to examine how female African American novelists portray domestic abuse; to outline how literary depictions of domestic violence are responsive to cultural and historical forces; and to explore the literary tradition of novels that deal with domestic abuse within the African American community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46499276095639,"sku":"9780786479566","price":3703.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786479566.webp?v=1769192929","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/domestic-abuse-in-the-novels-of-african-american-women-a-critical-study-9780786479566","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}