REIMAGINING LOVE: Understanding Black Mothers and their modes of mothering from fearful to wayaward

dc.contributorWilson, Lucas
dc.contributor.advisorDay, Iyko
dc.contributor.advisorMaye, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorCore, Kyla
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T19:20:11Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T19:20:11Z
dc.date.gradyear2024
dc.date.issued2024-05-30
dc.description.abstract‬This thesis will Reconceptualize Black Motherhood through African American‭ Literature. Explicitly using the novels‬‭ Sula, The‬‭ Bluest Eye,‬‭ and‬‭ The Street.‬‭ Through these‬ three novels, there can be a new understanding of motherhood, that motherhood is not‬ categorical and that a categorical model of motherhood is paradoxical for Black Women. Instead‬ this thesis will offer a new way of understanding motherhood outside of the lens of good or bad‬‭ and will look at how the choices each mother makes within the novels. As well as what modes of‬ mothering is required for every mother to feel autonomous and free, a respect that is not‬‭ granted easily to Black Women or Black Mothers.‬
dc.description.sponsorshipEnglish
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10166/6720
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rights.restrictedrestricted
dc.subjectBlack Women
dc.subjectMotherhood
dc.titleREIMAGINING LOVE: Understanding Black Mothers and their modes of mothering from fearful to wayaward
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduate
mhc.embargo.length3 years
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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