000406372 000__ 02552cam\a2200469\a\4500 000406372 001__ 406372 000406372 005__ 20210513142451.0 000406372 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000406372 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000406372 008__ 041019s2005\\\\inu\\\\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000406372 010__ $$z 2004024471 000406372 020__ $$z0253345456 (alk. paper) 000406372 020__ $$z0253217571 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000406372 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326337 000406372 035__ $$a(OCoLC)646822853 000406372 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000406372 043__ $$an-us---$$af------ 000406372 05014 $$aPS374.N4$$bW368 2005eb 000406372 08204 $$a810.9/351$$222 000406372 1001_ $$aWashington, Teresa N.,$$d1971- 000406372 24510 $$aOur mothers, our powers, our texts$$h[electronic resource] :$$bmanifestations of Ajé in Africana literature /$$cTeresa N. Washington. 000406372 260__ $$aBloomington :$$bIndiana University Press,$$cc2005. 000406372 300__ $$ax, 332 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000406372 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-325) and index. 000406372 5050_ $$aAjé in Yorubaland -- Ajé across the continent and in the Itànkálé -- Word becoming flesh and text in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day and T. Obinkaram Echewa's I saw the sky catch fire -- Initiations into the self, the conjured space of creation, and prophetic utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa and Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, cypress & indigo -- Un/complementary complements : gender, power, and Ajé -- The relativity of negativity -- The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Ajé relationship -- Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Ajé of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby. 000406372 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000406372 650_0 $$aAmerican fiction$$xAfrican American authors$$xHistory and criticism. 000406372 650_0 $$aWomen and literature$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000406372 650_0 $$aAmerican fiction$$xWomen authors$$xHistory and criticism. 000406372 650_0 $$aAfrican fiction (English)$$xHistory and criticism. 000406372 650_0 $$aAfrican American women$$xIntellectual life. 000406372 650_0 $$aAmerican fiction$$xAfrican influences. 000406372 650_0 $$aAfrican American women in literature. 000406372 650_0 $$aMothers and daughters in literature. 000406372 650_0 $$aYoruba (African people)$$xReligion. 000406372 650_0 $$aMotherhood in literature. 000406372 650_0 $$aCreation in literature. 000406372 650_0 $$aWomen in literature. 000406372 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000406372 852__ $$bebk 000406372 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10326337$$zOnline Access 000406372 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:406372$$pGLOBAL_SET 000406372 980__ $$aEBOOK 000406372 980__ $$aBIB 000406372 982__ $$aEbook 000406372 983__ $$aOnline