The grasp that reaches beyond the grave : the ancestral call in black women's texts /

The grasp that reaches beyond the grave : the ancestral call in black women's texts /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patton, Venetria K., 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African influences.
African American women > Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Table of 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.