Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism [[electronic resource] /] / Tracey E. Hucks ; foreword by Charles H. Long
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| Autore: |
Hucks Tracey E. <1965->
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| Titolo: |
Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism [[electronic resource] /] / Tracey E. Hucks ; foreword by Charles H. Long
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (474 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 299.6/83330973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Orisha religion - United States - History |
| African Americans - Religion | |
| Black nationalism - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Oyotunji African Village (S.C.) History |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Harlem Window: An Introduction; PART ONE: The Harlem Years; 1: "We Have as Much Right . . . to Believe that God Is a Negro": Religious Nationalism and the Rehumanization of Blackness; 2: "Here I Is Where I Has Longed to Be": Racial Agency, Urban Religion, and the Early Years of Walter Eugene King; 3: Harlem Yoruba, Orisha-Vodu, and the Making of "New Oyo"; 4: "Indigenous Literacies" and the African Library Series: A Textual Approach to History, Nation, and Tradition |
| 5: "This Religion Comes from Cuba!": Race, Religion, and Contested Geographies PART TWO: African American Yoruba Since 1970; 6: Oyotunji African Village: A Diaspora Experiment in African Nationhood; 7: "That's Alright . . . I'm a Yoruba Baptist": Negotiating Religious Plurality and "Theological Openness" in African American Yoruba Practice; 8: "Afrikan Americans in the U.S.A. Bring Something Different to Ifa": Indigenizing Yoruba Religious Cultures; Conclusion: "What We're Looking for in Africa Is Already Here": A Conclusion for the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Alongside the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's development as an artist, religious leader, and founder of several African-influenced religio-cultural projects, Hucks weaves historical and sociological analyses of the relationship between black cultu |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Yoruba traditions and African American religious nationalism |
| ISBN: | 1-283-63722-7 |
| 0-8263-5077-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790274803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Religions of the Americas Series