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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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Autor principal: Marouan, Maha, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Materias:
Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969- > Breath, eyes, memory.
Morrison, Toni. > Paradise.
Conde, Maryse. > Moi, Tituba, sorciere.
American fiction > Women authors.
American fiction > African American authors.
African diaspora in literature.
African American women in literature.
African American women authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Africains > Pays etrangers, dans la litterature.
Écrivaines noires americaines.
American Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
English.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Paradise (Morrison, Toni)
Moi, Tituba, sorciere (Conde, Maryse)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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