Faithful Vision : Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American Fiction /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Coleman, James W. (James Wilmouth), 1946-
Collectivité auteur: Project Muse
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Faith in literature.
Holy, The, in literature.
Spiritualism in literature.
Supernatural in literature.
Spiritual life in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Religious fiction, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • African American faithful belief : imposing social determinism, naturalism, and modernism
  • The centrality of religious faith : communal acceptance, textual ambiguity, and paradox
  • Critiquing Christian belief : the text as prophecy of different ways of seeing salvation
  • Rejecting God and redefining faith : portrayals of Black women's spirituality
  • Reshaping and radicalizing faith : the diasporic vision and practice of hoodoo
  • Conclusion : fiction, life, and faithful vision : final thoughts on its overall portrayal and relevance.

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