TY - BOOK AU - Patton,Venetria K. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The grasp that reaches beyond the grave: the ancestral call in black women's texts AV - PS153.N5 P37 2013eb U1 - 810.9/928708996073 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - American literature KW - African American authors KW - History and criticism KW - African influences KW - African American women KW - Intellectual life KW - 20th century KW - African Americans in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10733843 ER -