Paule Marshall's novel Praisesong for the Widow describes a process of rememory and reconnection to the lost African roots that is not based on essentialist notions of identity but rather on the history of oppression of blacks. It highlights the importance of the diasporic experience for the descendants of enslaved Africans.
Never Too Late to Remember: Cruising the Past in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow
Anna ScacchiMembro del Collaboration Group
2017
Abstract
Paule Marshall's novel Praisesong for the Widow describes a process of rememory and reconnection to the lost African roots that is not based on essentialist notions of identity but rather on the history of oppression of blacks. It highlights the importance of the diasporic experience for the descendants of enslaved Africans.File in questo prodotto:
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