ENGL 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Masculinity, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Slave Narrative
14 Nov 2014
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Case that we cannot think of as universal, all encompassing everyone accepting it as authentic. Maternity and love concept that come be treated as encompassing, power to heal, love as a bomb and a counterpart to hatred. Idea of family and maternity is a notion that other authors have taken (james joyce) You can have theories about love and religion but you can find kind of emotional bedrock, which exceeds other family members loves and romantic love with a mothers love. Seth"s love as a mother and the challenges she faces, living through an institution that tries to sever those bonds because they treat people as property/ objects. Essay in dark water (a book) in the continent of africa, center of ancient african culture 9mother"s love. Also presents maternal love as the central love, puts that above everything else, for all of the risks (safety, necessity of escape) animating cause that is the protection of her children).
