Since the 1980s, many activists and writers have turned from
identity politics toward ethnic religious traditions to rediscover
and reinvigorate their historic role in resistance to colonialism
and oppression. In her examination of contemporary fiction by women
of color--including Toni Morrison, Ana Castillo, Toni Cade Bambara,
Louise Erdrich, and Leslie Marmon Silko--Channette Romero considers
the way these novels newly engage with Vodun, Santeria, Candomble,
and American Indian traditions. Critical of a widespread
disengagement from civic participation and of the contemporary
novel's disconnection from politics, this fiction attempts to
transform the novel and the practice of reading into a means of
political engagement and an inspiration for social change.
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