TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 African American History and the Development of African American writing 1-4
1.2 African American Women Writing 4-7
1.3 Statement of the Problem 7-9
1.4 Research Aim and Objectives 9
1.5 Justification of Study 10
1.6 Scope and Limitation 11
1.7 Methodology 12
1.8 Theoretical Frame 12-19
1.9 Literature Review 19-26
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Delineating the Dynamics of Slavery in Toni Morrison‟s A Mercy 27
2.1 Slavery and the African American Experience in Morrison‟s A Mercy 27-37
2.2 Interrogating the Hegemony of Religion in Morrison‟s A Mercy 37-45
2.3 Interrogating the Hegemony of Language in Morrison‟s A Mercy 45-50
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CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Locating the Place of the African American Identity through the Perspectives of African American Women in Toni Morrison‟s Paradise 51
3.1 The Portrait of the Individual African American Identity in Morrison‟s Paradise 51-58
3.2 The Communal African American Identity in Morrison‟s Paradise 58-66
3.3 The Place of Women in Morrison‟s Paradise 66-78
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Underpinning the Dynamics of Race in the Globalized America via African American Women Perspectives in Rita Dove‟s American Smooth 79
4.1 Race, Racism and the Globalized American Society in Dove‟s American Smooth 79- 90
4.2 Globalization, Change and the Integration of African American values into the Mainstream in Dove‟s American Smooth 90-101
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Interrogating the Dilemma of Mothering in Rita Dove‟s Mother Love 102
5.1 Family and the Dilemma of Mothering in Dove‟s Mother
CHAPTER SIX
6.0 CONCLUSION
BIBLOGRAPHY