A human necklace : the African diaspora and Paule Marshall's fiction /

Ferguson, Moira.

A human necklace : the African diaspora and Paule Marshall's fiction / Moira Ferguson. - Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (185 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Wanting brownstones : why Brooklyn? -- Soul clap hands and sing : sadness, resistance, redemption -- A "nation of diabetics" meets empire -- Water and nomenclature : Praisesong for the widow -- Paule Marshall's Daughters : wars of independence -- The fisher king : new beginnings and a culmination.



9781438444208


Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 --Criticism and interpretation.


African Americans in literature.
African American women in literature.
Black people in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
African diaspora in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.


Electronic Books.

PS3563 / .H863 2013