African spirituality in Black women's fiction : threaded visions of memory, community, nature, and being / Elizabeth J. West.
| Author/creator | West, Elizabeth J., 1957- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011. |
| Description | ix, 181 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | From Africa to America -- Wheatley as beginning -- African and Christian encounters in early Black women's writings -- Silencing Africa: Christianity's persistent voice in early Black women's novels -- Christianity and a reawakening Africanity: Black spirituality in the post-reconstruction novels of Frances E. W. Harper and Pauline Hopkins -- Rethinking religiosity in the wake of modernity: transformations of Christian idealisms in the novels of Jessie Fauset -- Transformed religiosities: Africanity and Christianity in Nella Larsen's Quicksand and Zora Neale Hurston's Jonah's gourd vine and Their eyes were watching God. |
| Local note | Little-305131061633W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011036294 |
| ISBN | 9780739168851 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739168851 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739168868 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 073916886X (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS153.B53 W39 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |