TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patton,Venetria K.
TI  - The Grasp That Reaches Beyond the Grave: The Ancestral Call in Black Women's Texts
SN  - 9781438447384
AV  - PS153.N5 P37 2013 
U1  - 810.9/928708996073 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - American literature--African American authors--History and criticism
KW  - American literature--African influences
KW  - African American women--Intellectual life--20th century
KW  - African Americans in literature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - Explores Black women writers' treatment of the ancestor figure
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