JOURNAL ARTICLE

Gloria Naylor: Literary Geographer of the Black South.

  • Published In: Southern Cultures, 2023, v. 29, n. 2. P. 8 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Panaram, Sasha Ann 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay considers the archival research that Gloria Naylor conducted for her third novel, Mama Day (1988). Drawing on interviews that Naylor conducted and various maps she consulted, Sasha Ann Panaram argues that we can treat Naylor as a literary geographer of the Black South. Part meditation on Naylor's anti-imperialistic cartographic practices in Mama Day and part meditation on what those cartographic practices make possible within the classroom when students make their own maps to account for their lives, this essay demonstrates how Panaram offers a powerful example of how to recast the perimeters and parameters of where and what matters. Ultimately, Panaram maintains that Naylor uses her words and images to teach her readers how to envision more just worlds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Southern Cultures. 2023/06, Vol. 29, Issue 2, p8
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1068-8218
  • DOI:10.1353/scu.2023.a899705
  • Accession Number:164879890
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