| Trances, Dances and Vociferations: Agency and Resistance in Africana Women's Narratives Contributor(s): Elia, Nada (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815338430 ISBN-13: 9780815338437 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: "Trances, Dances and Vociferations" provides a compelling feminist analysis of gender politics in the works of four major Africana women writers: Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Assia Djebar, and Paule Marshall. Nada Elia explores the way in which black women characters use conjuring, double entendre, and song to empower, liberate and determine their own female insurgency. She also explains how African and Afrodiasporic women have been forced to rewrite history and substitute a communal and individual wholeness for alienation and separation in many different settings, from Algeria to Oklahoma. Ranging over works including Marshall's "Praisesong for the Widow," Djebar's "A Sister to Scheherazade," Cliff's "No Telephone to Heaven" and Morrison's "Jazz" and "Beloved," Elia offers essential and provocative insights into the works of some of our most influential Africana women authors today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 813.509 |
| LCCN: 00061008 |
| Lexile Measure: 1470 |
| Series: Garland Reference Library of the Humanities |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6" W x 9" (0.56 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Trances, Dances and Vociferations provides a compelling feminist analysis of gender politics in the works of four major Africana women writers: Toni Morrison, Michelle Cliff, Assia Djebar, and Paule Marshall. Nada Elia explores the way in which black women characters use conjuring, double entendre, and song to empower, liberate and determine their own female insurgency. She also explains how African and Afrodiasporic women have been forced to rewrite history and substitute a communal and individual wholeness for alienation and separation in many different settings, from Algeria to Oklahoma. Ranging over works including Marshall's Praisesong forthe Widow, Djebar's A Sister to Scheherazade, Cliff's NoTelephone to Heaven and Morrison's Jazz and Beloved, Elia offers essential and provocative insights into the works of some of our most influential Africana women authors today. |