Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits : The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women's Fiction / / Maha Marouan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910524873303321
• Autore: Marouan Maha <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-8142-7015-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.5409928708996
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.