Spirit Deep : Recovering the Sacred in Black Women's Travel /

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"This interdisciplinary study of Black women's travel bridges religious, literary, and Black studies to demonstrate the role of the sacred in their movements and practices of freedom. Spirit Deep explores the radical spiritual practices of Black women across a wide range of texts-biblical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brooks, Tisha M., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Travelers' writings, American.
Spirituality in literature.
Holy, The, in literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > African American authors.
African American women > Intellectual life.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American
African American women > Travel.
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Unlikely crossings
  • "Where have you come from, and where are you going?": spirituality and mobility in Hagar's narrative
  • Visionary movement in Zilpha Elaw's Memoirs
  • Colonial and missionary crossings in Amanda Smith's An autobiography
  • Searching for home in A narrative of the life and travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince
  • Mapping sacred movement in Julie Dash's Daughters of the dust
  • Secular journeys, sacred recovery: Saidiya Hartman's Lose your mother.

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