Joyce White

Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat

Crossroads as Ritual

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Returning to the cosmological and ontological center of Africana spirituality, Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat: Crossroads as Ritual explores the ways in which Danticat texts awaken Africana consciousness and clarify identity and subjectivity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 265g
• ISBN-13: 9781793646651
• ISBN-10: 1793646651
• Artikelnr.: 70239215

Autorenporträt

Joyce White is assistant professor of Gullah Geechee Literature and Cultures at Georgia Southern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: Home is Where the Healing Is: Ritual Pathways to Home
Chapter 1: They Did Not Come Alone: Towards a Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: At the Crossroads: Rituals of Death in Danticat's The Dew
Breaker
Chapter 3: Lót Bót Dlo (The Other Side of The Water): Examining the
Cosmogram in Danticat's The Farming of Bones
Chapter 4: A Seat at The Table: Constructing Identity in Danticat's Claire
of the Sea Light
Chapter 5: "May These Words Bring Wings to Your Feet": Re-membering
Ancestral Healing in Breath, Eyes, Memory
Conclusion: Existing Beyond the Gaze: Finding Home in the Works of Edwidge
Danticat