Study about relationships between mothers and daughters in Sula in the novel of Toni Morrison
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CriticismAbstract
Sula was integral to the formation of black feminist literary criticism. In 1977, black feminist literary critic Barbara Smith, in her essay "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism," advanced a definition of black feminist literary criticism and (in) famously performed a lesbian reading of Sula. In her 1980 essay "New Directions for Black Feminist Criticism," Black feminist literary critic Deborah McDowell responded to Smith's challenge by acknowledging the need for a black feminist criticism and calling for a firmer definition of black feminism.
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Dixon, Melvin. “Like an Eagle in the Air: Toni Morrison.” Modern Critical Views: Toni Morrison. Ed. Harold Bloom, New York, Chelsea House, 1990, p. 137.
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Christian, Barbara. Black Feminist Criticism: Perspectives on Black Women Writers. New York: Pergamon, 1985, p. 7
Smith, Valerie. Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro- American Narrative. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1987. p. 123.
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