Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits : The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women's Fiction /

This book explores African diaspora religious practices as vehicles for Africana women's spiritual transformation, using representative fictions by three writers of the African Americas who compose fresh models of female spirituality.

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Автор: Marouan, Maha, 1975-
Формат: Електронний ресурс eКнига
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2013.
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Зміст:
  • Introduction : Breath, eyes, memory, Paradise and I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem : a theoretical and thematic framework
  • In the spirit of Erzulie : Vodou and the re-imagining of Haitian womanhood in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory
  • "Thunder, perfect mind" : gnosticism and the utopian impulse in Toni Morrison's Paradise
  • Conjuring history : the meaning of witchcraft in Maryse Conde's I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem
  • Conclusion : The return of witches, goddesses, and angry spirits.