Patton, Venetria K.,  1968- <br/><br/>
The grasp that reaches beyond the grave  the ancestral call in black women's texts /  [electronic resource] : 
Venetria K. Patton. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  c2013. 
 - x, 216 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Revising the legacy of kinlessness through elders and ancestors -- Othermothers as elders and culture bearers in Daughters of the dust and The salt eaters -- Ancestral prodding in Praisesong for the widow -- Ancestral disturbances in Stigmata -- Beloved, a ghost story with an Ogbanje twist -- The child figure as a means to ancestral knowledge in Daughters of the dust and A Sunday in June. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438447384 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--African influences.<br/>African American women--Intellectual life--20th century.<br/>African Americans in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS153.N5  / P37 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.9/928708996073