LEADER 03708nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910827335903321 005 20240417042803.0 010 $a1-4384-4738-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000419772 035 $a(EBL)3408749 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000950166 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12450435 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950166 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11004437 035 $a(PQKB)10425271 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408749 035 $a(OCoLC)867739541 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10733843 035 $a(OCoLC)853495823 035 $a(DE-B1597)681768 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438447384 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000419772 100 $a20120807d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe grasp that reaches beyond the grave $ethe ancestral call in black women's texts /$fVenetria K. Patton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4384-4737-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThe Grasp That Reaches beyond the Grave investigates the treatment of the ancestor figure in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters, Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow, Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata and A Sunday in June, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Tananarive Due's The Between, and Julie Dash's film, Daughters of the Dust in order to understand how they draw on African cosmology and the interrelationship of ancestors, elders, and children to promote healing within the African American community. Venetria K. Patton suggests that the experience of slavery with its concomitant view of black women as "natally dead" has impacted African American women writers' emphasis on elders and ancestors as they seek means to counteract notions of black women as somehow disconnected from the progeny of their wombs. This misperception is in part addressed via a rich kinship system, which includes the living and the dead. Patton notes an uncanny connection between depictions of elder, ancestor, and child figures in these texts and Kongo cosmology. These references suggest that these works are examples of Africanisms or African retentions, which continue to impact African American culture. 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican influences 606 $aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican influences. 615 0$aAfrican American women$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature. 676 $a810.9/928708996073 700 $aPatton$b Venetria K.$f1968-$01666490 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827335903321 996 $aThe grasp that reaches beyond the grave$94025778 997 $aUNINA