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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... natural force of the hoodoo-infused environment of the American South, accessed primarily by the hoodoo woman Mamma Habblesham. Before and after her death Mamma is a spiritual, mystic presence that balances Angela's meanness and ...
... natural practice of hoodoo. Mamma, a midwife, “could look up in the sky on a bright day and tell new life on the way. She start down the road and come across some [pregnant] nervous somebody beating a path to her house” (5). Angela's ...
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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 |