Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in Twentieth-Century African American FictionLSU Press, 2006 - 264 pages "This is a marvelous and sustained discussion of 'faithful vision' and its significant influence on African American literature." -- American Literature |
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... Cattle Killing (1996), Alice Walker's The Color Purple (1982) and Gloria Naylor'sMama Day, and Erna Brodber's Louisiana and Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo (1972). These novels present an engaging overall textual perspective and an ...
... Cattle Killing are postmodern novels that explore, among other things, the role of the biblical and religious tradition and the concept of God as they are “written” into black culture and thus influence the narrative about the culture ...
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Contents
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03 Critiquing Christian Belief | 77 |
04 Rejecting God and Redefining Faith | 118 |
05 Reshaping and Radicalizing Faith | 156 |
Fiction Life and Faitful Vision | 197 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliography | 233 |
Index | 245 |
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Faithful Vision: Treatments of the Sacred, Spiritual, and Supernatural in ... James W. Coleman No preview available - 2009 |