Patton, Venetria K.,  1968- <br/><br/>
The grasp that reaches beyond the grave :  the ancestral call in black women's texts / 
Venetria K. Patton. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (224 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Revising the legacy of kinlessness through elders and ancestors --  Othermothers as elders and culture bearers in Daughters of the dust and The salt eaters --  Ancestral prodding in Praisesong for the widow --  Ancestral disturbances in Stigmata --  Beloved, a ghost story with an Ogbanje twist --  The child figure as a means to ancestral knowledge in Daughters of the dust and A Sunday in June. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438447384 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans in literature.<br/>African American women--Intellectual life.<br/>American literature--African influences.<br/>American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS153  / .G737 2013