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Mythatypes : signatures and signs of African/Diaspora and black goddesses

Author: Alexis Brooks De Vita
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 198
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alexis Brooks De Vita
ISBN: 0313310688 9780313310683
OCLC Number: 42849649
Description: xiv, 180 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: reading African/diaspora women's mythatypes -- Trees as spiritual mothers -- She who nurtures and devours -- Child sacrifice and salvation -- Rape and rage -- Air and fire, bringing rain -- Cruelty, castration, and claiming -- The rivers and the wall -- Conclusion: the moment of epiphany.
Series Title: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 198
Responsibility: Alexis Brooks De Vita ; foreword by Ralph J. Hexter.

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