Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Titles 1. Introduction: Pre-Text: In the beginning all was sound 2. The Fourth Language: Subaltern Expression in Assia Djebar's Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade and A Sister to Scheherazade. 3. The Memories of Old Women: Alternative History in Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven and Free Enterprise 4. I'm Breaking My Vow of Silence: Reclaiming Speech in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow and Daughters 5. Under the Weight of Memory and Music: Contact Zones and Healing in Morrison's Song of Solomon and Paradise 6. Conclusion: With Nomad Memory and Intermittent Voice: The Africana Women's Aesthetic Tradition Works Consulted Index

About the Author

Nada Elia is Scholar-in-Residence and Visiting Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies at Brown University.