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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... Women's Spirituality chapter 5 · 156 Reshaping and Radicalizing Faith The Diasporic Vision and Practice of Hoodoo conclusion · 197 Fiction, Life, and Faithful Vision Final Thoughts on Its Overall Portrayal and Relevance notes · 205 ...
... women writers often write in opposition to the patriarchal macrocosmic Christian perspective of God and locate the sacred and spiritual in the womanist self that engages in personal, individual relationships. These depictions still ...
... women, which makes it generally similar toBeloved, The Color Purple,andMama Day, and in theory this revision is embedded in the novel's postmodern narrative through a hoodoo aesthetic that accounts for the text's production. There is a ...
... women the narrator meets (496) and the rest of the congregation are part of this new black corruption that is also American, but in the same way that they have dealt with the hardship and oppression of the black past, they praise God ...
... woman resists when the white evictors try to take her Bible (269–70), and then both the man and woman insist on going back into the apartment with the Bible to pray (273–74), which causes the riot. In these characters, faithful vision ...
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 |