Ferguson, Moira.

A human necklace : the African diaspora and Paule Marshall's fiction / Moira Ferguson. - 1 online resource (185 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wanting brownstones : why Brooklyn? -- Soul clap hands and sing : sadness, resistance, redemption -- A "nation of diabetics" meets empire -- Water and nomenclature : Praisesong for the widow -- Paule Marshall's Daughters : wars of independence -- The fisher king : new beginnings and a culmination.

9781438444208 (e-book)


Marshall, Paule, 1929- --Criticism and interpretation.


African Americans in literature.
African American women in literature.
Blacks in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
African diaspora in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.


Caribbean Area--In literature.


Electronic books.

PS3563.A7223 / Z67 2013eb

813/.54