African spiritual traditions in the novels of Toni Morrison /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
K. Zauditu-Selassie
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 249 pages,
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-237) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
I's got the blues : Malochia, magic, and the descent into madness in The bluest eye -- Always: the living ancestor and the testimony of Will in Sula -- I've got a home in date rock: ritual and the construction of family history in Song of Solomon -- Dancing with trees and dreaming of yellow dresses: the dilemma of Jadine in Tar baby -- In(her)iting the divine: (consola)tions, sacred (convent)ions, and mediations of the spiritual in-between in Paradise -- Living with the dead: memory and ancestral presence in Beloved -- Tracing Wild's child Joe and tracking the hunter: an examination of the Órísá Ochossi in Jazz -- If I'd a knowed more, I would a loved more: Toni Morrison's Love and spiritual authorship