Mythatypes: Signatures and Signs of African/Diaspora and Black Goddesses

Table of contents

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• Recent Titles in Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies ii
• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents ix
• Foreword xi
• Acknowledgments xiii
• 1 - Introduction: Reading African/ Diaspora Women's Mythatypes 1
• 2 - Trees as Spiritual Mothers 33
• NOTES 51
• 3 - She Who Nurtures and Devours 55
• NOTES 69
• 4 - Child Sacrifice and Salvation 71
• NOTES 83
• 5 - Rape and Rage 85
• NOTES 98
• 6 101

• Recent Titles in Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies ii
• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents ix
• Foreword xi
• Acknowledgments xiii
• 1 - Introduction: Reading African/ Diaspora Women's Mythatypes 1
• 2 - Trees as Spiritual Mothers 33
• NOTES 51
• 3 - She Who Nurtures and Devours 55
• NOTES 69
• 4 - Child Sacrifice and Salvation 71
• NOTES 83
• 5 - Rape and Rage 85
• NOTES 98
• 6 101
• NOTES 120
• 7 - Cruelty, Castration, and Claiming 123
• NOTES 135
• 8 - The River and the Wall 137
• NOTES 151
• 9 - Conclusion: This Moment of Epiphany 153
• NOTES 164
• Afterword 167
• Selected Bibliography 169
• Index 175
• About the Author 181