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African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry /
"African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies on the American South.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Maps; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations Used in Notes; 1 Place, Culture, and Power; THE SIMBI AND THE LOWCOUNTRY AS A CULTURAL PLACE; INTERPRETING CULTURES; INTERPRETING SPIRITS; 2 Land of the Living; AFRICAN PEOPLE ON THE LAND; AFRICAN NEWCOMERS: 1670-1750; AFRICAN FRONTIERS IN THE LOWCOUNTRY; 3 African Spirits of the Land and Water; KONGO SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPES; THE SIMBI; ATLANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SIMBI; 4 African Landscapes of the Lowcountry.
- TAME AND WILD AFRICAN SPACESBANTU SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPES IN THE LOWCOUNTRY; THE "CYMBEE"; 5 Spiritual Guardians in the Wilderness; GUARDIANS OF SPRINGS AND SOULS; SEEKING AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION; THE SIMBI AND THE WHITE BABY; 6 Mermaid Histories and Power; LOWCOUNTRY MERMAIDS; AFRICAN-ATLANTIC MERMAIDS; THE SIMBI, MERMAIDS, AND CAPTIVITY; Epilogue; Index.