{"product_id":"bodily-evidence-racism-slavery-and-maternal-power-in-the-novels-of-toni-morrison-paperback","title":"Bodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, and Maternal Power in the Novels of Toni Morrison - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeneva Cobb Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison is one of the most celebrated women writers in the world. In \u003ci\u003eBodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, and Maternal Power in the Novels of Toni Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e, Geneva Cobb Moore explores how Morrison uses parody and pastiche, semiotics and metaphors, and allegory to portray black life in the United States, teaching untaught history to liberate Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this short and accessible book, originally published as part of Moore's \u003ci\u003eMaternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, she covers each of Morrison's novels, from \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eGod Help the Child\u003c\/i\u003e. With a new introduction and added coverage of Morrison's final book, \u003ci\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Bodily Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for scholars, students, and readers of Morrison's novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeneva Cobb Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English, women's and gender studies, and race and ethnic studies at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is a former Fulbright scholar at the University of Ghana in West Africa and has received grants and awards from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has published articles on Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs, Charlotte Forten Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and other writers. An adviser to Gale's \u003ci\u003eLiterature of Autobiographical Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, Moore has been a reviewer for \u003ci\u003eAuto\/Biography Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792378724640,"sku":"9781643361000","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/655aa8a9f8aca994fbd365631f035a96.webp?v=1780700014","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bodily-evidence-racism-slavery-and-maternal-power-in-the-novels-of-toni-morrison-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}