Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits : The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women's Fiction / Maha Marouan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2013Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:
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  • 9780814270158
Other title: 楗捴敨ⱳ䜠摯敤獳獥湡湁牧⁹灓物瑩 Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources:
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Introduction : Breath, eyes, memory, Paradise and I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem : a theoretical and thematic framework -- In the spirit of Erzulie : Vodou and the re-imagining of Haitian womanhood in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- "Thunder, perfect mind" : gnosticism and the utopian impulse in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- Conjuring history : the meaning of witchcraft in Maryse Conde's I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem -- Conclusion : The return of witches, goddesses, and angry spirits.
Summary: This book explores African diaspora religious practices as vehicles for Africana women's spiritual transformation, using representative fictions by three writers of the African Americas who compose fresh models of female spirituality.
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Introduction : Breath, eyes, memory, Paradise and I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem : a theoretical and thematic framework -- In the spirit of Erzulie : Vodou and the re-imagining of Haitian womanhood in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- "Thunder, perfect mind" : gnosticism and the utopian impulse in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- Conjuring history : the meaning of witchcraft in Maryse Conde's I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem -- Conclusion : The return of witches, goddesses, and angry spirits.

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This book explores African diaspora religious practices as vehicles for Africana women's spiritual transformation, using representative fictions by three writers of the African Americas who compose fresh models of female spirituality.

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