Essays about: "Sofia Wike"

Found 1 essay containing the words Sofia Wike.

  1. 1. The Denial of Motherhood in Beloved and Crossing the River : A Postcolonial Literary Study of How the Institution of Slavery Has Restricted Motherhood for Centuries

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Sofia Wike; [2017]
    Keywords : Toni Morrison; Beloved; Caryl Phillips; Crossing the River; slavery; postcolonialism; colonialism; motherhood; African diaspora; racism.;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to explore motherhood in two postcolonial literary works by African American author Toni Morrison and British author Caryl Phillips, who was born in the Caribbean. The essay is based on Morrison’s award winning novel Beloved, which was published in 1987 and was inspired by the escaping African American slave Margareth Garner. READ MORE