“What you do to children matters”: motherhood in Toni Morrison’s god help the child

Motherhood is again at the core of Toni Morrison’s last novel, God Help the Child. Morrison deals with one typical African American family, a single mother, Sweetness, with a daughter, Lula Ann. Sweetness is a mixed woman who can pass for white, but becomes exposed as a result of the birth of her b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manuela López Ramírez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Jaén 2016-07-01
Series:The Grove
Online Access:http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/grove/article/view/2519