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Supernatural Forces : Belief, Difference, and Power in Contemporary Works by Ethnic Women by Bonnie Winsbro (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
ISBN-100870238809
ISBN-139780870238802
eBay Product ID (ePID)1111782
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
Publication NameSupernatural Forces : Belief, Difference, and Power in Contemporary Works by Ethnic Women
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
SubjectHorror & Supernatural, Women Authors, General, Women's Studies, American / General, Native American
TypeTextbook
AuthorBonnie Winsbro
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.6 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN93-004237
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal810.9/37
SynopsisAnalyses the works of six authors, which treat seriously a belief in such supernatural figures as witches, healers, and ghosts. The authors provide a multicultural perspective by drawing on their own experiences of cultural conflict, suggesting that the world is defined by many realities., The relationship between humans and their gods has always been a primary theme in literature. Until recently, however, books in the American literary canon have rarely been concerned with any supernatural beings other than the Judeo-Christian god. In this book Bonnie Winsbro moves beyond that narrow focus to examine the power of the supernatural in the works of six ethnic writers. Winsbro provides a multicultural perspective - Appalachian, Native American, African American, and Chinese American - on the internal turmoil experienced by ethnic individuals when their belief systems clash with those of family, community, or dominant culture. Although their responses to such conflicts differ, Winsbro argues, all six authors believe that personal power is acquired through self-definition, the process by which one constructs one's own reality as a foundation for living in one's own center rather than on another's margins. By analyzing works that treat seriously a belief in such supernatural figures as witches, healers, and ghosts, Winsbro seeks to show that the contemporary world is not defined by one reality - a rationalistic, scientific reality, for example, or a Judeo-Christian reality - but by many realities.
LC Classification NumberPS151.W46 1993
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