Our mothers, our powers, our texts manifestations of Ajé in Africana literature
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press
2005.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Blacks in the diaspora. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31429403*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
