Our mothers, our powers, our texts : manifestations of Ajé in Africana literature /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Washington, Teresa N., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Blacks in the diaspora.
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
African fiction (English) > History and criticism.
African American women > Intellectual life.
American fiction > African influences.
African American women in literature.
Mothers and daughters in literature.
Yoruba (African people) > Religion.
Motherhood in literature.
Creation in literature.
Women in literature.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Roman africain (anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Roman américain > Influence africaine.
Mères et filles dans la littérature.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Création dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American women in literature
African American women > Intellectual life
African fiction (English)
American fiction > African American authors
American fiction > African influences
American fiction > Women authors
Creation in literature
Motherhood in literature
Mothers and daughters in literature
Women and literature
Women in literature
Yoruba (African people) > Religion
Mutter
Literatur
Schwarze Frau
United States
USA
Yoruba.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Àjẹ́ in Yorubaland
  • Àjẹ́ across the continent and in the Ìtànkálẹ́
  • Word becoming flesh and text in Gloria Naylor's 'Mama Day' and T. Obinkaram Echewa's 'I saw the sky catch fire'
  • Initiations into the self, the conjured space of creation, and prophetic utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo's 'Anowa' and Ntozake Shange's 'Sassafrass, cypress & indigo'
  • Un/complementary complements : gender, power, and Àjẹ́
  • The relativity of negativity
  • The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Àjẹ́ relationship
  • Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Àjẹ́ of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby.

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