Mythatypes : signatures and signs of African/Diaspora and black goddesses /
Brooks De Vita, Alexis.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,
2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index.
Introduction: reading African/diaspora women's mythatypes -- Trees as spiritual mothers -- She who nurtures and devours -- Child sacrifice and salvation -- Rape and rage -- Air and fire, bringing rain -- Cruelty, castration, and claiming -- The rivers and the wall -- Conclusion: the moment of epiphany.
African literature
Black literature
Myth in literature.
Women in literature.