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African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry / Ras Michael Brown, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies on the American SouthPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 296 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781139162241
  • 1139162241
  • 9781139549882
  • 113954988X
  • 6613950831
  • 9786613950833
  • 1283638371
  • 9781283638371
  • 9781139554848
  • 1139554840
  • 1139564676
  • 9781139564670
  • 1139552392
  • 9781139552394
  • 1139556096
  • 9781139556095
  • 1139551132
  • 9781139551137
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry.DDC classification:
  • 200.89/9607307576 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .B76 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • HIS037000
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Contents:
Cover; African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Maps; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations Used in Notes; 1 Place, Culture, and Power; THE SIMBI AND THE LOWCOUNTRY AS A CULTURAL PLACE; INTERPRETING CULTURES; INTERPRETING SPIRITS; 2 Land of the Living; AFRICAN PEOPLE ON THE LAND; AFRICAN NEWCOMERS: 1670-1750; AFRICAN FRONTIERS IN THE LOWCOUNTRY; 3 African Spirits of the Land and Water; KONGO SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPES; THE SIMBI; ATLANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SIMBI; 4 African Landscapes of the Lowcountry.
TAME AND WILD AFRICAN SPACESBANTU SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPES IN THE LOWCOUNTRY; THE "CYMBEE"; 5 Spiritual Guardians in the Wilderness; GUARDIANS OF SPRINGS AND SOULS; SEEKING AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION; THE SIMBI AND THE WHITE BABY; 6 Mermaid Histories and Power; LOWCOUNTRY MERMAIDS; AFRICAN-ATLANTIC MERMAIDS; THE SIMBI, MERMAIDS, AND CAPTIVITY; Epilogue; Index.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)473192

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Cover; African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Maps; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations Used in Notes; 1 Place, Culture, and Power; THE SIMBI AND THE LOWCOUNTRY AS A CULTURAL PLACE; INTERPRETING CULTURES; INTERPRETING SPIRITS; 2 Land of the Living; AFRICAN PEOPLE ON THE LAND; AFRICAN NEWCOMERS: 1670-1750; AFRICAN FRONTIERS IN THE LOWCOUNTRY; 3 African Spirits of the Land and Water; KONGO SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPES; THE SIMBI; ATLANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE SIMBI; 4 African Landscapes of the Lowcountry.

TAME AND WILD AFRICAN SPACESBANTU SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPES IN THE LOWCOUNTRY; THE "CYMBEE"; 5 Spiritual Guardians in the Wilderness; GUARDIANS OF SPRINGS AND SOULS; SEEKING AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION; THE SIMBI AND THE WHITE BABY; 6 Mermaid Histories and Power; LOWCOUNTRY MERMAIDS; AFRICAN-ATLANTIC MERMAIDS; THE SIMBI, MERMAIDS, AND CAPTIVITY; Epilogue; Index.

English.