Washington, Teresa N., 1971-
Our mothers, our powers, our texts manifestations of Aj�e in Africana literature / [electronic resource] : Teresa N. Washington. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - x, 332 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-325) and index.
Aj�e in Yorubaland -- Aj�e across the continent and in the It�ank�al�e -- 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 Aj�e -- The relativity of negativity -- The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Aj�e relationship -- Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Aj�e of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--United States--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.
Electronic books.
PS374.N4 / W368 2005eb
810.9/351
Our mothers, our powers, our texts manifestations of Aj�e in Africana literature / [electronic resource] : Teresa N. Washington. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - x, 332 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-325) and index.
Aj�e in Yorubaland -- Aj�e across the continent and in the It�ank�al�e -- 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 Aj�e -- The relativity of negativity -- The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Aj�e relationship -- Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Aj�e of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American fiction--African American authors--History and criticism.
Women and literature--History--United States--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.
Electronic books.
PS374.N4 / W368 2005eb
810.9/351