01910nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020002700155040002100182035002100203043001200224050002500236082002700261100003200288245013500320260005800455300001400513504005100527505041000578533015200988650007401140650004501214650006101259650003701320655002901357710001701386856012601403999001901529ebr10733843CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||120807s2013    nyu     sb   s001 0 eng d  z  2012029400  z9781438447377 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z9781438447384 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)853495823  an-us---14aPS153.N5bP37 2013eb04a810.9/9287089960732231 aPatton, Venetria K.,d1968-14aThe grasp that reaches beyond the graveh[electronic resource] :bthe ancestral call in black women's texts /cVenetria K. Patton.  aAlbany :bState University of New York Press,cc2013.  ax, 216 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction: 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aAmerican literaturexAfrican American authorsxHistory and criticism. 0aAmerican literaturexAfrican influences. 0aAfrican American womenxIntellectual lifey20th century. 0aAfrican Americans in literature. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10733843zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c150977d150977