Title Supernatural forces : belief, difference, and power in contemporary works by ethnic women / Bonnie Winsbro.

Publication Info.	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [1993]
	©1993

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS151 .W46 1993 1993	Available	---

Description	xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.
Contents	Belief, ethnicity, and self-definition -- A witch and her curse : external definition and uncrossable boundaries in Lee Smith's Oral history -- Predator, scavenger, and trickster-transformer : survival and the visionary experience in Louise Erdrich's Tracks -- Calling Tayo back, unraveling coyote's skin : individuation in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Modern rationality and the supernatural : bridging two worlds in Gloria Naylor's Mama day -- The ghost as demon and savior : confrontation with the past in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Warring with ghosts : power through individuation in Maxine Hong Kingston's The woman warrior.
Subject	American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- Women authors.
	Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women and literature.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
	Ethnic groups in literature.
	Ethnic groups in literature.
	Supernatural in literature.
	Supernatural in literature.
ISBN	0870238795 cloth alkaline paper
	0870238809 paperback alkaline paper