{"product_id":"critical-responses-about-the-black-family-in-toni-morrisons-god-help-the-child-conflicts-in-comradeship-9781793603982","title":"Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child explores the integral role of what Kobi Kambon has called the “conscious African family” in developing commercial success stories such as those of Morrison’s protagonist, Bride. Initially, Bride’s accomplishments are an extension of a superficial “cult of celebrity” which inhabits and undermines the development of meaningful interpersonal relationships until a significant literal and metaphorical journey helps her redefine success by facilitating the building of community and family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Editors’ Introductions  Natalie King-Pedroso  Rhone Fraser   Part I: Protagonist as Child  Chapter 1. Raising the Inner Child: Lessons in Emotional Development in God Help the Child   Jasmin Wilson  Chapter 2. “The House That Race Built:” Declarations of Toni Morrison’s Prophetic Voice in God Help the Child and The Bluest Eye  Khalilah Watson  Chapter 3. Making Black Lives and Families Matter: Honoring Family and Fatherhood in God Help the Child  Sukanya Senapati  Chapter 4. Harvesting Sight and Mind: The Crippling of Community in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child  Jericho Williams  Part II: Protagonist as Professional  Chapter 5. “Sistah From Another Mista”: Examining the Familial Bond Between Bride and Brooklyn in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child  Na’Imah Ford   Chapter 6. The Loss and Regaining of Self: Identity Negotiation in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child  Xenia Liashuk  Chapter 7. “Memory is the Worst Thing About Healing:” Acknowledging Multigenerational Trauma and the Middle Passage Voyage of the Sable Venus in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child  Yolanda Franklin  Part III: Protagonist as Partner  Chapter 8. Socialized to Silence: A Close Reading of Lula Ann Bridewell and Booker Starbern in God Help the Child According to Kobi Kambon’s African Self-Consciousness Model  Rhone Fraser  Chapter 9. “You Will Love Them, No Matter How Ugly Their Truth Is”: Truth, Onomastics, and Black Women’s Humanity in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child and Mara Brock Akil’s Being Mary Jane  Natalie King-Pedroso  Appendix A. Discussion Questions: Conflicts in Comradeship  Index  About the Editors  About the Contributors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042612609367,"sku":"9781793603982","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793603982.jpg?v=1750954856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/critical-responses-about-the-black-family-in-toni-morrisons-god-help-the-child-conflicts-in-comradeship-9781793603982","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}