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African Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison by K. Zauditu-Selassie (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity Press of Florida

ISBN-100813033284

ISBN-139780813033280

eBay Product ID (ePID)70923262

Product Key Features

Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameAfrican Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

SubjectAmerican / African American, Women Authors

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorK. Zauditu-Selassie

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-040296

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Synopsis"Addresses a real need: a scholarly and ritually informed reading of spirituality in the work of a major African American author. No other work catalogues so thoroughly the grounding of Morrison's work in African cosmogonies. Zauditu-Selassie's many readings of Ba Kongo and Yoruba spiritual presence in Morrison's work are incomparably detailed and generally convincing."--Keith Cartwright, University of North Florida Toni Morrison herself has long urged for organic critical readings of her works. K. Zauditu-Selassie delves deeply into African spiritual traditions, clearly explaining the meanings of African cosmology and epistemology as manifest in Morrison's novels. The result is a comprehensive, tour-de-force critical investigation of such works as The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Paradise, Love, Beloved, and Jazz. While others have studied the African spiritual ideas and values encoded in Morrison's work, African Spiritual Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison is the most comprehensive. Zauditu-Selassie explores a wide range of complex concepts, including African deities, ancestral ideas, spiritual archetypes, mythic trope, and lyrical prose representing African spiritual continuities. Zauditu-Selassie is uniquely positioned to write this book, as she is not only a literary critic but also a practicing Obatala priest in the Yoruba spiritual tradition and a Mama Nganga in the Kongo spiritual system. She analyzes tensions between communal and individual values and moral codes as represented in Morrison's novels. She also uses interviews with and nonfiction written by Morrison to further build her critical paradigm.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.O8749Z97 2008