In the essays "Disconnections from the Motherline: Gender Hegemonies and the Loss of the Ancient Properties The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby" and "Maternal Interventions: Resistance and Power The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Beloved, Paradise," Andrea O'Reilly, a women's research professor, proclaims that African-American gals move on cultural expertise to successive generations via the process of motherline: "the.