The grasp that reaches beyond the grave the ancestral call in black women's texts /

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Autore principale: Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013.
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Sommario:
  • Introduction: Revising the legacy of kinlessness through elders and ancestors
  • Othermothers as elders and culture bearers in Daughters of the dust and The salt eaters
  • Ancestral prodding in Praisesong for the widow
  • Ancestral disturbances in Stigmata
  • Beloved, a ghost story with an Ogbanje twist
  • The child figure as a means to ancestral knowledge in Daughters of the dust and A Sunday in June.