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Description

1. 1 online resource (179 p.) : ill.

Uniform title

1. Water and African American memory (Online)

Alternative title

1. Water and African American memory (Online)

Subject

1. American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
2. African Americans in literature
3. African diaspora in literature
4. Water in literature
5. Water in motion pictures
6. Ecocriticism

Contents

1. Introduction. African American watersheds -- Between breath and death: transatlantic memory in Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo and Julie Dash's Daughters of the dust -- Arteries of the nation: rivers of redemption in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Henry Dumas's Ark of bones -- Wetlands, swamps, and bayous: bodies of resistance in Kasi Lemmons's Eve's bayou and Toni Morrison's Tar baby -- Conclusion. Mud, blood, and the blues: Hurricane Katrina and the floodwaters of the African diaspora.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Wardi, Anissa Janine, 1969-

Title

1. Water and African American memory [electronic resource] : an ecocritical perspective / Anissa Janine Wardi.

Imprint

1. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2011018995