Patton, Venetria K., 1968-

The grasp that reaches beyond the grave the ancestral call in black women's texts / [electronic resource] : Venetria K. Patton. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2013. - x, 216 p.

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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American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--African influences.
African American women--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans in literature.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / P37 2013eb

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