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Autore: | Higgins Therese E. <1960-, > |
Titolo: | Religiosity, cosmology and folklore : the African influence in the novels of Toni Morrison / / Therese E. Higgins |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
Soggetto topico: | American fiction - African influences |
African Americans in literature | |
Cosmology in literature | |
Folklore in literature | |
Religion in literature | |
Soggetto geografico: | Africa In literature |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Original Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I God, Gods, and Spirits in African Life: Song Of Solomon, Beloved, Tar Baby, and Jazz; CHAPTER 1 Ancient Ancestral Folklore in Song Of Solomon; CHAPTER 2 The Influence of African Cosmological Beliefs in Beloved; CHAPTER 3 Tar Baby and the Ancient Folktales of Africa; Chapter 4 Jazz and African Ancestral Cultures and Traditions; PART II A Circle of Friends: Communities of Women in The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise; CHAPTER 5 The Failure of Community in The Bluest Eye |
CHAPTER 6 The Rejection of Community in SulaCHAPTER 7 ""Ancient Properties"" and Communal Connection in Tar Baby; CHAPTER 8 The Power of Community in Beloved; CHAPTER 9 Jazz and Community Values; CHAPTER 10 Paradise: The Final Frontier; WORKS CITED; INDEX | |
Sommario/riassunto: | First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Religiosity, cosmology and folklore |
ISBN: | 1-315-81098-0 |
1-317-79418-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910464873403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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