Witches, goddesses, and angry spirits : the politics of spiritual liberation in African diaspora women's fiction /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marouan, Maha, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Conde, Maryse. > Moi, Tituba, sorciere.
Morrison, Toni. > Paradise.
Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969- > Breath, eyes, memory.
Moi, Tituba, sorcière (Condé, Maryse)
Paradise (Morrison, Toni)
African American women authors.
African diaspora in literature.
African American women in literature.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.
Écrivaines noires américaines.
Africains > Pays étrangers, dans la littérature.
Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
African American women authors
African American women in literature
African diaspora in literature
American fiction > African American authors
American fiction > Women authors
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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