Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child

Rhone Fraser is independent scholar and member of the Toni Morrison Society.Natalie King-Pedroso is associate professor in the department of English and modern languages at Florida A&M University.

• AcknowledgmentsEditors’ IntroductionsNatalie King-PedrosoRhone Fraser Part I: Protagonist as ChildChapter 1. Raising the Inner Child: Lessons in Emotional Development in God Help the Child Jasmin WilsonChapter 2. “The House That Race Built:” Declarations of Toni Morrison’s Prophetic Voice in God Help the Child and The Bluest EyeKhalilah WatsonChapter 3. Making Black Lives and Families Matter: Honoring Family and Fatherhood in God Help the ChildSukanya SenapatiChapter 4. Harvesting Sight and Mind: The Crippling of Community in Toni Morrison’s God Help the ChildJericho WilliamsPart II: Protagonist as ProfessionalChapter 5. “Sistah From Another Mista”: Examining the Familial Bond Between Bride and Brooklyn in Toni Morrison’s God Help the ChildNa’Imah Ford Chapter 6. The Loss and Regaining of Self: Identity Negotiation in Toni Morrison’s God Help the ChildXenia LiashukChapter 7. “Memory is the Worst Thing About Healing:” Acknowledging Multige

Coming at the issues from the inside, the collaboration between Rhone Fraser, Natalie King-Pedroso & Company, Conflicts in Comradeship, provides a timely and useful contribution to studies on the African American family along with analyses of Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child.