African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry

Name: African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
Author: Ras Michael Brown

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Paperback, 322 blz. | Engels

Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2014

ISBN13: 9781107668829

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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 the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences and political discourse.

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ISBN13:9781107668829

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:Paperback

Aantal pagina's:322

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

Serie:Cambridge Studies on

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1. Place, culture, and power; 2. Land of the living; 3. African spirits of the land and water; 4. African landscapes of the Lowcountry; 5. Spiritual guardians in the wilderness; 6. Mermaid histories and power.

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