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020 _a9781438447384
020 _z9781438447377 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aPS153.N5
_bP37 2013
082 0 0 _a810.9/928708996073
_223
100 1 _aPatton, Venetria K.,
_d1968-
245 1 4 _aThe grasp that reaches beyond the grave
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe ancestral call in black women's texts /
_cVenetria K. Patton.
260 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_cc2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (224 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans in literature.
650 0 _aAfrican American women
_xIntellectual life.
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_xAfrican influences.
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_xAfrican American authors
_xHistory and criticism.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438447384/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c32827
_d32827