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The grasp that reaches beyond the grave [electronic resource] : the ancestral call in black women's texts / Venetria K. Patton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781438447384
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 810.9/928708996073 23
LOC classification:
  • PS153.N5 P37 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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