Grasp That Reaches beyond the Grave, The : The Ancestral Call in Black Women's Texts /

This book explores Black women writers' treatment of the ancestor figure.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American literature > African influences.
American literature > African American authors.
African Americans in literature.
African American women > Intellectual life.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature americaine > Influence africaine.
Noires americaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Conclusion : Looking backward and forward : the ancestral presence in speculative fiction.

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