{"product_id":"9781476616414","title":"Domestic Abuse in the Novels of African American Women: A Critical Study","description":"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.    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.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156736753904,"sku":"9781476616414","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476616414_p0.jpg?v=1763608232","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476616414","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}