02430nam 2200589 a 450 991078766920332120230803031254.01-4384-4738-8(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 literatureAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureAfrican influences.African American womenIntellectual lifeAfrican Americans in literature.810.9/928708996073Patton Venetria K.1968-1583187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787669203321The grasp that reaches beyond the grave3866097UNINA