Oshun's daughters
Subtitle: the search for womanhood in the Americas
By: Vanessa K. Valdés
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781438450438
Subjects: Women and literature; Yoruba (African people) in literature; African diaspora; Women in literature; Cuban literature; Women authors; History and criticism; Brazilian literature; Yoruba (African people)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The call: hearing the flow of the river; title: Diasporic revelation: Audre Lorde, Sandra María Esteves, and Ntozake Shange; title: The search for home: Cristina García and Loida Maritza Pérez; title: Love, revolution, survival: Nancy Morejón and Daína Chaviano; title: Sacrifice and salvation: Helena Parente Cunha, Sônia Fatima da Conceição and Conceição Evaristo; title: Conclusion: The response: reflections in the mirror.