McLaughlin, Helen2016-03-072016-03-072005http://hdl.handle.net/11603/2439From the faculty nominator, Angelo Robinson: Helen McLaughlin’s essay is superbly written, offering a much overlooked analysis and critique of Harlem Renaissance literature. McLaughlin argument that the “culturally-motivated dialogue on race consciousness and racial identity” does in many ways marginalize and often leave out discussions of gender equality in terms of theme and characterization of African American females. McLaughlin proceeds to examine how “[m]ost trailblazers of the period overlooked the tenuous dynamic between the sexes in favor of a seemingly larger argument between the race” with key texts from this period with thoughtful and persuasive scholarly secondary sources, never losing command of her thesis or the subject matter.I wrote this paper at the conclusion of the course, Literature of the Harlem Renaissance, with Angelo Robinson. I wanted to investigate Nanny's statement in Their Eyes Were Watching God -- the black woman is "the mule of the world" -- in relation to other novels of that period, and in relation to more current musings on the otherwise ignored area where race and gender issues intersect. I have never felt so consumed by a subject as I was with this paper and the research that preceded its writing.22 p.en-USCollection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.Research -- Periodicals.Humanities -- Research -- Periodicals.Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals.Text