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Author Brown, Ras Michael, 1970-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 296 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Cambridge studies on the American South
Cambridge studies on the American South.
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject African Americans -- Religion.
African Americans -- Religion.
Africans -- South Carolina -- Religion.
Africans.
South Carolina.
Religion.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
South Carolina -- Religion.
Christianity and other religions -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Christianity and other religions.
South Carolina -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Brown, Ras Michael, 1970- African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107024090 (DLC) 2012013665 (OCoLC)785068210
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