Witches, goddesses, and angry spirits : the politics of spiritual liberation in African diaspora women's fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marouan, Maha, 1975-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism. African American women in literature. African diaspora in literature. African American women authors. Danticat, Edwidge, > 1969- > Breath, eyes, memory. Morrison, Toni. > Paradise. Condé, Maryse. > Moi, Tituba, sorcière.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Breath, eyes, memory, Paradise and I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem : a theoretical and thematic framework
In the spirit of Erzulie : Vodou and the re-imagining of Haitian womanhood in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory
"Thunder, perfect mind" : gnosticism and the utopian impulse in Toni Morrison's Paradise
Conjuring history : the meaning of witchcraft in Maryse Condé's I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem
Conclusion : The return of witches, goddesses, and angry spirits.