Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat - Crossroads As Ritual

Returning to the cosmological and ontological center of Africana spirituality, Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat: Crossroads as Ritual explores the ways in which Danticat texts awaken Africana consciousness and clarify identity and subjectivity.

List of contents

Contents
Introduction: Home is Where the Healing Is: Ritual Pathways to Home
Chapter 1: They Did Not Come Alone: Towards a Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: At the Crossroads: Rituals of Death in Danticat's The Dew Breaker
Chapter 3: Lót Bót Dlo (The Other Side of The Water): Examining the Cosmogram in Danticat's The Farming of Bones
Chapter 4: A Seat at The Table: Constructing Identity in Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light
Chapter 5: "May These Words Bring Wings to Your Feet": Re-membering Ancestral Healing in Breath, Eyes, Memory
Conclusion: Existing Beyond the Gaze: Finding Home in the Works of Edwidge Danticat

About the author

By Joyce White

Summary

Returning to the cosmological and ontological center of Africana spirituality, Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat: Crossroads as Ritual explores the ways in which Danticat texts awaken Africana consciousness and clarify identity and subjectivity.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce White, White Joyce
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781793646637
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-663-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Environment and Religion in Feminist-Womanist, Queer, and Indigenous Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Haiti, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Black & Asian Studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people