{"product_id":"9781926708317","title":"Naturally Woman: The Search for Self in Black Canadian Women's Literature","description":"Black Canadian women must constantly incorporate changes to their identities to face the challenges of living in a multicultural society. Naturally Woman: The Search for Self in Black Canadian Women’s Literature examines the ways in which Black immigrant women must adapt to survive in a multicultural country such as Canada without losing their sense of self. The author examines the texts of five major modern\/contemporary Canadian writers: Dionne Brand, Marlene Nourbese Philip, Tessa McWatt, Claire Harris, and Makeda Silvera, through prismatic criticism and by applying and extending a number of feminist discourses concerning Black women writing: identity, literary representations of female sojourn in Canada (as simultaneously aboveground and underground), feminist archetypal\/myth criticism, and the discourse of mother\/daughter\/grandmother\/substitute mother relationships. The book argues that there is a universal central myth on which the writings of these marginalized women are based and shows how some of the challenges of multiculturalism can be overcome, and how multiculturalism can become a site for creativity and innovation.","brand":"Inanna Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137427292400,"sku":"9781926708317","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926708317_p0.jpg?v=1763637135","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926708317","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}