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Author:

Patton, Venetria K., 1968-

Title:

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

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

x, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--African influences.
African American women--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

143844737X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438447377 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)805544846

LCCN:

2012029400

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)