https://grishambookshelf.exhibits.depaul.press/files/original/014f6ea9923d3990a34ece50f4cfdf23.jpg a53011f83d1e5d9a681932ef01e4e4ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Record detail images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mama Day Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gloria Naylor Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. Description An account of the resource Fusing magical realism, folklore, and elements of speculative fiction, Mama Day is a story about the generations of African Americans born post-emancipation. Set in the Sea Islands off of the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, Mama Day pulls readers into an enclave of black life where African traditions have largely been preserved. Torn between life in New York City with her lover George Andrews and the fictional community of Willow Springs in the Sea Islands, protagonist Ophelia “Cocoa” Day can never truly leave Willow Springs or her aunt, Mama Day. Gloria Naylor’s melding of African American history and the magical, almost supernatural elements of Mama Day’s traditions is a historical wandering into the world of Afrofuturism.