The grasp that reaches beyond the grave: the ancestral call in black women's texts
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Main Author: Patton, Venetria K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany State University of New York Press c2013
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (224 p.)
ISBN:1438447388
9781438447384

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