agency and resistance in Africana women's narratives /
First Statement of Responsibility
Nada Elia.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Garland Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xi, 169 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Pre-text: in the beginning all was sound -- "The fourth language": subaltern expression in Assia Djebar's Fantasia: an Algerian cavalcade and A sister to scheherazade -- "The memories of old women": alternative history in Michelle Cliff's No telephone to heaven and Free enterprise -- "I'm breaking my vow of silence": reclaiming speech in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow and daughters -- "Under the weight of memory and music": contact zones and healing in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and Paradise -- Conclusion: "With nomad memory and intermittent voice": the Africana women's aesthetic tradition.
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Title
Trances, dances, and vociferations.
International Standard Book Number
0815338422
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cliff, Michelle-- Criticism and interpretation.
Djebar, Assia,1936-2015-- Criticism and interpretation.
Cliff, Michelle.
Djebar, Assia,1936-2015.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American women in literature.
American fiction-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
American fiction-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
Feminism in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Women and literature-- Caribbean Area-- History-- 20th century.
Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.