bokomslag Black Womens Literature of the Americas
Filosofi & religion

Black Womens Literature of the Americas

Tonia Leigh Wind

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  • 228 sidor
  • 2023
Drawing on a range of historical and literary texts, this book examines how Black women under the yoke of slavery negotiated their sense of belonging and spirituality from a liminal position, stuck between a new life in the Americas, and their connections to their African ancestral roots and a wider diasporic community. The book investigates how Black women in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, the United States, and Brazil turned to their spiritual beliefs as a tool of resilience and resistance. These griots and goddesses are forced to negotiate complex issues such as race, gender, identity, maternity, sexuality, and belonging, from a liminal position that looks to both settle roots in a foreign land, and stay connected to ancestors and the Sacred. As these Black female protagonists turn to (re)memory and ancestral knowledge to map their connection with the Divine, they become mediators of worlds, and hybrid griots surpassing temporal and geographical boundaries. With important reflections on Toni Morrisons Beloved, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroas Daughters of the Stone, and Ana Maria Gonalvess Um Defeito de Cor, amongst other texts, this book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of comparative literature, religious studies, gender studies, and African diaspora studies.
  • Författare: Tonia Leigh Wind
  • Illustratör: black and white 5 Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white 5 Line drawings black and white
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781032067162
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 228
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-05-31
  • Förlag: Routledge