The big mama stories
By: Shay Youngblood
Publisher: Firebrand Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9780932379580; 9780932379573
Subjects: Social life and customs; African American women; Fiction
Description: "Set in the Black small-town South of the early sixties, Shay Youngblood's stories capture the richness of being raised into womanhood by a community of women. As seen through the eyes of a girlchild mothered by her 'big mamas,' the daily lives of ordinary incredible women are dynamically portrayed. A 1990 Pushcart Selection."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Born with religion; title: Snuff dippers; title: An independent woman; title: Did my mama like to dance?; title: Miss Rosa's monkey; title: Spit in the governor's tea; title: The blues ain't nothin but a good woman feelin bad; title: Funny women; title: Maggie Agatha Christmas St. Clair; title: Uncle Buck loves Jesus, sometime; title: Watch the spirit move; title: They tell me, now I know.