Title Our mothers, our powers, our texts : manifestations of Ajé in Africana literature / Teresa N. Washington.

Publication Info.	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS374.B635 W368 2005	Available	---

Description	x, 332 pages ; 25 cm.
Series	Blacks in the diaspora
	Blacks in the diaspora.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.
Contents	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.
Subject	American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
	American fiction -- African American authors.
	Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women and literature.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
	American fiction -- Women authors.
	African fiction (English) -- History and criticism.
	African fiction (English)
	African American women -- Intellectual life.
	African American women -- Intellectual life.
	African American women.
	American fiction -- African influences.
	American fiction -- African influences.
	American fiction.
	African American women in literature.
	African American women in literature.
	Mothers and daughters in literature.
	Mothers and daughters in literature.
	Yoruba (African people) -- Religion.
	Yoruba (African people) -- Religion.
	Motherhood in literature.
	Motherhood in literature.
	Creation in literature.
	Creation in literature.
	Women in literature.
	Women in literature.
ISBN	9780253217578 paperback alkaline paper
	0253345456 alkaline paper
	9780253345455 alkaline paper
	0253217571 paperback alkaline paper

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