MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01800cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2012039927
003 DLC
005 20140314075940.0
008 121019s2013 ohua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2012039927
020 $a9780814212196 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0814212190 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780814293201 (cd)
040 $aOU/DLC$cOU$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS374.N4$bM35 2013
082 00 $a813/.5409928708996$223
100 1 $aMarouan, Maha,$d1975-
245 10 $aWitches, goddesses, and angry spirits :$bthe politics of spiritual liberation in African diaspora women's fiction /$cMaha Marouan.
260 $aColumbus :$bOhio State University Press,$cc2013.
300 $ax, 180 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAfrican American women in literature.
650 0 $aAfrican diaspora in literature.
650 0 $aAfrican American women authors.
600 10 $aDanticat, Edwidge,$d1969-$tBreath, eyes, memory.
600 10 $aMorrison, Toni.$tParadise.
600 10 $aCondé, Maryse.$tMoi, Tituba, sorcière.