Oshun's daughters : the search for womanhood in the Americas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Valdés, Vanessa Kimberly
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Women and literature > America. Yoruba (African people) in literature. African diaspora. Women in literature. Cuban literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Brazilian literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Yoruba (African people) > Cuba. Yoruba (African people) > Brazil. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The call: hearing the flow of the river
Diasporic revelation: Audre Lorde, Sandra María Esteves, and Ntozake Shange
The search for home: Cristina García and Loida Maritza Pérez
Love, revolution, survival: Nancy Morejón and Daína Chaviano
Sacrifice and salvation: Helena Parente Cunha, Sônia Fatima da Conceição and Conceição Evaristo
Conclusion: The response: reflections in the mirror.