False Gods and Black Goddesses in Naylor's "Mama Day" and Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Meisenhelder argues that characters from Gloria Naylor's "Mama Day" and Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" chronicle the female growth possible in relationships with supportive black men and the dangers to black women's identity in relationships wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Callaloo 2000-10, Vol.23 (4), p.1440-1448
1. Verfasser:	Meisenhelder, Susan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American literature African Americans American literature Black people Branches Cocoa Eyes Gender identity Gloria Naylor. Fiction Writer. A Special Section Hurricanes Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960) Literary criticism Masculinity Men Naylor, Gloria Novels Personal relationships Storms Women
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Zusammenfassung:	Meisenhelder argues that characters from Gloria Naylor's "Mama Day" and Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" chronicle the female growth possible in relationships with supportive black men and the dangers to black women's identity in relationships with oppressive ones.
ISSN:	0161-2492 1080-6512 1080-6512
DOI:	10.1353/cal.2000.0210