Supernatural forces : belief, difference, and power in contemporary works by ethnic women /
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Language: | English |
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Amherst, Mass. :
University of Massachusetts Press,
©1993.
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13947 |
Table of Contents:
- Belief, ethnicity, and self-definition
- A witch and her curse : external definition and uncrossable boundaries in Lee Smith's Oral history
- Predator, scavenger, and trickster-transformer : survival and the visionary experience in Louise Erdrich's Tracks
- Calling Tayo back, unraveling coyote's skin : individuation in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
- Modern rationality and the supernatural : bridging two worlds in Gloria Naylor's Mama day
- The ghost as demon and savior : confrontation with the past in Toni Morrison's Beloved
- Warring with ghosts : power through individuation in Maxine Hong Kingston's The woman warrior.