The grasp that reaches beyond the grave [[electronic resource] ] : the ancestral call in black women's texts / / Venetria K. Patton |
Autore | Patton Venetria K. <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/928708996073 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism
American literature - African influences African American women - Intellectual life - 20th century African Americans in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4384-4738-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463356003321 |
Patton Venetria K. <1968-> | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The grasp that reaches beyond the grave [[electronic resource] ] : the ancestral call in black women's texts / / Venetria K. Patton |
Autore | Patton Venetria K. <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/928708996073 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism
American literature - African influences African American women - Intellectual life - 20th century African Americans in literature |
ISBN | 1-4384-4738-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787669203321 |
Patton Venetria K. <1968-> | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The grasp that reaches beyond the grave : the ancestral call in black women's texts / / Venetria K. Patton |
Autore | Patton Venetria K. <1968-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/928708996073 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism
American literature - African influences African American women - Intellectual life - 20th century African Americans in literature |
ISBN | 1-4384-4738-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827335903321 |
Patton Venetria K. <1968-> | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women in chains : the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction / / Venetria K. Patton |
Autore | Patton Venetria K. <1968-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5099287/08996073 |
Collana | SUNY series in Afro-American studies |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - African American authors - History and criticism
Women and literature - United States - History - 20th century American fiction - Women authors - History and criticism African American women - Intellectual life African American families in literature African American women in literature Mother and child in literature African Americans in literature Motherhood in literature Slavery in literature |
ISBN |
1-4384-1561-3
0-585-42475-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Women in Chains -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Breeding Ground: The Degendering of Female Slaves -- 2. The Cult of True Womanhood and Its Revisions -- 3. Reclaiming True Womanhood -- 4. Tragic Mulattas: Inventing Black Womanhood -- 5. The Haunting Effects of Slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817095603321 |
Patton Venetria K. <1968-> | ||
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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