TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Ras Michael
TI  - African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry
T2  - Cambridge studies on the American South
SN  - 9781139162241
AV  - BL2525 .B76 2012eb
U1  - 200.89/9607307576 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Africans
KW  - South Carolina
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Congo (Democratic Republic)
KW  - Noirs américains
KW  - Africains
KW  - Caroline du Sud
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Relations
KW  - Congo (République démocratique)
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - World
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
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