TY - BOOK AU - Marouan,Maha ED - Project Muse. TI - Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits: The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women's Fiction SN - 9780814270158 AV - PS374.N4 M35 2013 U1 - 813/.5409928708996 23 PB - Ohio State University Press KW - Conde, Maryse. KW - Morrison, Toni. KW - Danticat, Edwidge, KW - African American women authors KW - African diaspora in literature KW - African American women in literature KW - American fiction KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - African American authors KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : Breath, eyes, memory, Paradise and I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem : a theoretical and thematic framework -- In the spirit of Erzulie : Vodou and the re-imagining of Haitian womanhood in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- "Thunder, perfect mind" : gnosticism and the utopian impulse in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- Conjuring history : the meaning of witchcraft in Maryse Conde's I, Tituba, Black witch of Salem -- Conclusion : The return of witches, goddesses, and angry spirits; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/23954/ ER -