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matrilineage

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mat·ri·lin·e·age  (mtr-ln-j)
n.
Line of descent as traced through women on the maternal side of a family.
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Noun1.matrilineage - line of descent traced through the maternal side of the familymatrilineage - line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
cognation, enation
unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
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Through a discussion of fiction and non-fiction by black women writers, Wall's study is a valuable resource in the effort to define a critical epistemology of literary matrilineage in African American literature.
Cheryl A. Wall. Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and ... by Percinkova-Patton, Irena / African American Review
Examples are so easily found among West African peoples, such as the Ashanti, the Dan, and the Dogon, that one often hears generalizations about the "West African multiple soul" The Ashanti recognize elements of the individual as coming from the matrilineage and patrilineage, and their melding creates the individual's personal life force (Appiah 1992:98-9).
Couples or doubles? Representations of twins in the Arts of Africa by Peek, Philip M. / African Arts
The complex genealogy or matrilineage of Suzan-Lori Parks's two Hesters against which contemporary audiences are likely to interpret the women's behavior underscores but ultimately reconciles the contradictions in their characters and behavior as mothers.
Nurturing and murderous mothers in Suzan-Lori Parks's In the Blood ... by Foster, Verna A. / American Drama
 
 
 
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