LEADER 03612nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910778323603321 005 20230616235408.0 010 $a9786612263187 010 $a0-253-00319-9 010 $a1-282-26318-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788851 035 $a(OCoLC)646474714 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10326337 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216807 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173194 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216807 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198215 035 $a(PQKB)11298312 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC455807 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16957 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL455807 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326337 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226318 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788851 100 $a20041019d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOur mothers, our powers, our texts$b[electronic resource] $emanifestations of Aje? in Africana literature /$fTeresa N. Washington 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (348 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-253-34545-6 311 $a0-253-21757-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-325) and index. 327 $aAje? in Yorubaland -- Aje? across the continent and in the Ita?nka?le? -- Word becoming flesh and text in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day and T. Obinkaram Echewa's I saw the sky catch fire -- Initiations into the self, the conjured space of creation, and prophetic utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa and Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, cypress & indigo -- Un/complementary complements : gender, power, and Aje? -- The relativity of negativity -- The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Aje? relationship -- Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Aje? of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life 606 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican influences 606 $aAfrican American women in literature 606 $aMothers and daughters in literature 606 $aYoruba (African people)$xReligion 606 $aMotherhood in literature 606 $aCreation in literature 606 $aWomen in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican fiction (English)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xAfrican influences. 615 0$aAfrican American women in literature. 615 0$aMothers and daughters in literature. 615 0$aYoruba (African people)$xReligion. 615 0$aMotherhood in literature. 615 0$aCreation in literature. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a810.9/351 700 $aWashington$b Teresa N.$f1971-$01576503 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778323603321 996 $aOur mothers, our powers, our texts$93854343 997 $aUNINA