Trances, dances, and vociferations : agency and resistance in Africana women's narratives /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Elia, Nada
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Garland Pub., 2001.
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. Djebar, Assia, > 1936-2015 > Criticism and interpretation. Cliff, Michelle > Criticism and interpretation. Women and literature > Caribbean Area > History > 20th century. Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century. African American women in literature. Caribbean Area > In literature. Algeria > In literature. Jamaica > In literature. Feminism in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Women in literature. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.