The African-diasporic metaphysical female figure in the works of African-diasporic and Creole women writers

Arguments negating the role of the African-diasporic female metaphysical figure in the oral literature of the English-speaking Caribbean and America, hinge on the belief that these supernatural figures represent evil and that such representations disempower women. This thesis offers an alternative c...

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Main Author: Bristol, Brenda Melanie
Published: SOAS, University of London 2006
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758539