The daughter's return
Subtitle: African-American and Caribbean women's fictions of history
By: Caroline Rody.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Caribbean fiction (English) -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- English-speaking countries; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries; African American women -- Intellectual life; Women and literature -- Caribbean Area; Women and literature -- United States; African American women in literature; Mothers and daughters in literature; Daughters in literature; Return in literature; Women in literature
Description: The Daughter's Return offers a close analysis of an emerging genre in African American and Caribbean fiction: the novels of black women writers who have returned to their ancestral pasts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and index.