The Grasp That Reaches Beyond the Grave : The Ancestral Call in Black Women's Texts.
Patton, Venetria K.
The Grasp That Reaches Beyond the Grave : The Ancestral Call in Black Women's Texts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (228 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Revising The Legacy of Kinlessness Through Elders and Ancestors -- The Elder as Culture Bearer -- The Ancestor as a Beneficial Presence -- The Malevolent Ancestor -- The Child -- Conclusion -- Part I: Preface: The Elder as Culture Bearer -- Chapter 1 Othermothers as Elders and Culture Bearers in Daughters of the Dust and The Salt Eaters -- Part II: Preface: The Dead Are Not Dead: The Ancestral Presence -- Chapter 2 Ancestral Prodding in Praisesong for the Widow -- Chapter 3 Ancestral Disturbances in Stigmata -- Chapter 4 Beloved: A Ghost Story with an Ogbanje Twist -- Part III: Preface: The Child and Ancestor Bond -- Chapter 5 The Child Figure as a Means to Ancestral Knowledge in Daughters of the Dust and A Sunday in June -- Conclusion: Looking Backward and Forward: The Ancestral Presence in Speculative Fiction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Explores Black women writers' treatment of the ancestor figure.
9781438447384
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 2013
810.9/928708996073
The Grasp That Reaches Beyond the Grave : The Ancestral Call in Black Women's Texts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (228 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Revising The Legacy of Kinlessness Through Elders and Ancestors -- The Elder as Culture Bearer -- The Ancestor as a Beneficial Presence -- The Malevolent Ancestor -- The Child -- Conclusion -- Part I: Preface: The Elder as Culture Bearer -- Chapter 1 Othermothers as Elders and Culture Bearers in Daughters of the Dust and The Salt Eaters -- Part II: Preface: The Dead Are Not Dead: The Ancestral Presence -- Chapter 2 Ancestral Prodding in Praisesong for the Widow -- Chapter 3 Ancestral Disturbances in Stigmata -- Chapter 4 Beloved: A Ghost Story with an Ogbanje Twist -- Part III: Preface: The Child and Ancestor Bond -- Chapter 5 The Child Figure as a Means to Ancestral Knowledge in Daughters of the Dust and A Sunday in June -- Conclusion: Looking Backward and Forward: The Ancestral Presence in Speculative Fiction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Explores Black women writers' treatment of the ancestor figure.
9781438447384
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 2013
810.9/928708996073