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Spirit in the dark : a religious history of racial aesthetics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sorett, Josef (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Religion in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Blacks > Race identity > United States.
American literature > African American authors.
Blacks > Race identity.
Religion and literature.
United States.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Church, spirit, and the history of racial aesthetics
  • The church and the Negro spirit
  • Ancestral spirits
  • Catholic spirits
  • As the spirit moves
  • An international spirit
  • That spirit is Black
  • Contrary spirits
  • You can't keep a good church down!