Therese E. Higgins

Religiosity, Cosmology and Folklore

The African Influence in the Novels of Toni Morrison

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents background information on the beliefs, customs, traditions and cosmologies of several of Africa's foremost peoples, relates these findings to each of Morrison's seven novels by highlighting the connections between the African root and the African-American product, and elucidates how this connection helps to understand and to clarify many of Morrison's allusions to the culture out of which she writes. It presents a new way of reading Morrison's work that has been previously overlooked, and moves beyond just African-American culture, delving into Africa and its people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9781138985032
• ISBN-10: 1138985031
• Artikelnr.: 47074673

Autorenporträt

Therese E. Higgins

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION PART I. GOD, GODS AND SPIRITS IN AFRICAN LIFE: SONG OF
SOLOMON, BELOVED, TAR BABY AND JAZZ Chapter 1. Ancient Ancestral Folklore
in Song of Solomon Chapter 2. The Influence of African Cosmological Beliefs
in Beloved Chapter 3. Tar Baby and the Ancient Folktales of Africa Chapter
4 Jazz and African Ancestral Cultures and Traditions PART II. A CIRCLE OF
FRIENDS: COMMUNITIES OF WOMEN IN THE BLUEST EYE, SULA, TAR BABY, BELOVED,
JAZZ ANDPARADISE Chapter 5. The Failure of Community in The Bluest Eye
Chapter 6. The Rejection of Community in Sula Chapter 7. Ancient Properties
and Communal Connection in Tar Baby Chaper 8. The Power of Community in
Beloved Chapter 9. Jazz and Community Values Chapter 10. Paradise : The
Final Frontier NOTES WORKS CITED