Title Our mothers, our powers, our texts : manifestations of Ajé in Africana literature / Teresa N. Washington

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 332 pages) Series Blacks in the diaspora Blacks in the diaspora. Contents Àjẹ́ in Yorubaland -- Àjẹ́ across the continent and in the Ìtànkálẹ́ -- Word becoming flesh and text in Gloria Naylor's 'Mama Day' and T. Obinkaram Echewa's 'I saw the sky catch fire' -- Initiations into the self, the conjured space of creation, and prophetic utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo's 'Anowa' and Ntozake Shange's 'Sassafrass, cypress & indigo' -- Un/complementary complements : gender, power, and Àjẹ́ -- The relativity of negativity -- The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Àjẹ́ relationship -- Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Àjẹ́ of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism African fiction (English) -- History and criticism African American women -- Intellectual life American fiction -- African influences African American women in literature. Mothers and daughters in literature. Yoruba (African people) -- Religion. Motherhood in literature. Creation in literature. Women in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African American women in literature African American women -- Intellectual life African fiction (English) American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- African influences American fiction -- Women authors Creation in literature Motherhood in literature Mothers and daughters in literature Women and literature Women in literature Yoruba (African people) -- Religion Mutter Literatur Schwarze Frau United States USA Yoruba. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004024471 ISBN 9780253003195 0253003199 9786612263187 6612263180 1282263188 9781282263185

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