Research Catalog

Mama's gun : black maternal figures and the politics of transgression

Title
Mama's gun : black maternal figures and the politics of transgression / Marlo D. David.
Author
David, Marlo D., 1974-
Publication
  • Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan

Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

TextUse in library Sc E 17-173Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

Details

Description
xvi, 217 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Black performance and cultural criticism
Uniform Title
Black performance and cultural criticism.
Subject
  • African American mothers in literature
  • African American women in motion pictures
  • Motherhood > Political aspects
  • Motherhood > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Contents
"I got self, pencil and notebook": literacy as maternal desire in Sapphire's PUSH -- The Blues Mama in Suzan-Lori Parks's neo-segregation novel Getting mother's body -- Toward a new Amerykah: the maternal "freakquencies" of Erykah Badu as mothership -- "To live and reproduce, not to die": surrogacy and maternal agency in Octavia Butler's Dawn -- Madea's Big happy family: Tyler Perry and the politics and performance of Big Mama drag -- Transgressive black maternal figures and the future of black feminist cultural studies.
Call Number
Sc E 17-173
ISBN
  • 9780814213131
  • 0814213138
LCCN
  • 2016021234
  • 40026618937
OCLC
951415575
Author
David, Marlo D., 1974- author.
Title
Mama's gun : black maternal figures and the politics of transgression / Marlo D. David.
Publisher
Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Black performance and cultural criticism
Black performance and cultural criticism.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Connect to:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Local Subject
Black author.
Other Standard Identifier
40026618937
Research Call Number
Sc E 17-173
View in Legacy Catalog