Oshun's daughters : the search for womanhood in the Americas / Vanessa K. Valdés.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Valdés, Vanessa Kimberly
Language:	English
Published:	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2014] Albany : [2014]
Subjects:	Women and literature > America. Yoruba (African people) in literature. African diaspora. Women in literature. Cuban literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Brazilian literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Yoruba (African people) > Cuba. Yoruba (African people) > Brazil. Brazilian literature > Women authors. Cuban literature > Women authors. Literature. Women. Women and literature. Yoruba (African people) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	x, 209 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: The call: hearing the flow of the river
Diasporic revelation: Audre Lorde, Sandra María Esteves, and Ntozake Shange
The search for home: Cristina García and Loida Maritza Pérez
Love, revolution, survival: Nancy Morejón and Daína Chaviano
Sacrifice and salvation: Helena Parente Cunha, Sônia Fatima da Conceição and Conceição Evaristo
Conclusion: The response: reflections in the mirror.