Valdés Oshun's Daughters

The Search for Womanhood in the Americas
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5044-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines the ways in which the inclusion of African diasporic religious practices serves as a transgressive tool in narrative discourses in the Americas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valdés, Vanessa K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction
The Call: Hearing the Flow of the River

1. Diasporic Revelation: Audre Lorde, Sandra María Esteves, and Ntozake Shange

2. The Search for Home: Cristina García and Loida Maritza Pérez

3. Love, Revolution, Survival: Nancy Morejó;n and Daína Chaviano

4. Sacrifice and Salvation: Helena Parente Cunha, Sônia Fátima da Conceição Evaristo

Conclusion
The Response: Reflections in the Mirror

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vanessa K. Valdés is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at City College, the City University of New York. She is the editor of Let Spirit Speak! Cultural Journeys through the African Diaspora, also published by SUNY Press, and The Future Is Now: A New Look at African Diaspora Studies.