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Autore |
Patton Venetria K. <1968-> |
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The grasp that reaches beyond the grave [[electronic resource] ] : the ancestral call in black women's texts / / Venetria K. Patton |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
American literature - African influences |
African American women - Intellectual life - 20th century |
African Americans in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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