The grasp that reaches beyond the grave [[electronic resource] ] : the ancestral call in black women's texts / / Venetria K. Patton
| 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->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
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The grasp that reaches beyond the grave [[electronic resource] ] : the ancestral call in black women's texts / / Venetria K. Patton
| 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->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
| 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
| 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 |
9781438447384
1438447388 |
| 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-9910970152003321 |
Patton Venetria K. <1968->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2013 | ||
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Women in chains : the legacy of slavery in Black women's fiction / / Venetria K. Patton
| 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 African American Studies
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 |
9781438415611
1438415613 9780585424750 0585424756 |
| 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-9910955447603321 |
Patton Venetria K. <1968->
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| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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