02464nam 2200601 a 450 991046335600332120200520144314.01-4384-4738-8(CKB)2670000000419772(EBL)3408749(SSID)ssj0000950166(PQKBManifestationID)12450435(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950166(PQKBWorkID)11004437(PQKB)10425271(MiAaPQ)EBC3408749(OCoLC)867739541(MdBmJHUP)muse27199(Au-PeEL)EBL3408749(CaPaEBR)ebr10733843(OCoLC)853495823(EXLCZ)99267000000041977220120807d2013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe grasp that reaches beyond the grave[electronic resource] the ancestral call in black women's texts /Venetria K. PattonAlbany State University of New York Pressc20131 online resource (216 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-4737-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureAfrican influencesAfrican American womenIntellectual life20th centuryAfrican Americans in literatureElectronic books.American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureAfrican influences.African American womenIntellectual lifeAfrican Americans in literature.810.9/928708996073Patton Venetria K.1968-1055735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463356003321The grasp that reaches beyond the grave2489353UNINA