The grasp that reaches beyond the grave
Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
The grasp that reaches beyond the grave the ancestral call in black women's texts / [electronic resource] : Venetria K. Patton. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781438447384
African Americans in literature.
African American women--Intellectual life.
American literature--African influences.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.N5 / P37 2013
810.9/928708996073
The grasp that reaches beyond the grave the ancestral call in black women's texts / [electronic resource] : Venetria K. Patton. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781438447384
African Americans in literature.
African American women--Intellectual life.
American literature--African influences.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.N5 / P37 2013
810.9/928708996073