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The grasp that reaches beyond the grave

by Patton, Venetria K.,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : State University of New York Press, (Albany :) Physical details: x, 216 p.
Subject(s): 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.
Year: 2013
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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.

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