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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Auteur principal: Brooks, Tisha M., 1979- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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 narrative, spiritual autobiography, travel narrative, and film. In addition to the narrative of Hagar, texts considered include those by Zilpha Elaw, Amanda Berry Smith, and Nancy Prince as well as the films of Julie Dash and Saidiya Hartman"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9780813948942

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