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Witches, goddesses, and angry spirits : the politics of spiritual liberation in African diaspora women's fiction
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- Creator
- Maha Marouan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- x, 180 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814270158, 0814212190, 0814293204, 0814270158, 9780814293201, 9780814212196
- OCLC
- ocn814301815, ocn867740984
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : Breath, eyes, memory, Paradise and I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem : a theoretical and thematic framework -- In the spirit of Erzulie : Vodou and the re-imagining of Haitian womanhood in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- "Thunder, perfect mind" : gnosticism and the utopian impulse in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- Conjuring history : the meaning of witchcraft in Maryse Condé's I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem -- Conclusion : The return of witches, goddesses, and angry spirits
Subjects
- Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Breath, eyes, memory.
- Morrison, Toni. Paradise.
- Condé, Maryse. Moi, Tituba, sorcière.
- American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
- American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
- African American women in literature.
- African diaspora in literature.
- African American women authors.