Title Spirit deep : recovering the sacred in Black women's travel / Tisha M. Brooks

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in religion and culture Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.) Contents Introduction: Unlikely crossings -- "Where have you come from, and where are you going?": spirituality and mobility in Hagar's narrative -- Visionary movement in Zilpha Elaw's Memoirs -- Colonial and missionary crossings in Amanda Smith's An autobiography -- Searching for home in A narrative of the life and travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince -- Mapping sacred movement in Julie Dash's Daughters of the dust -- Secular journeys, sacred recovery: Saidiya Hartman's Lose your mother Summary "This interdisciplinary study of Black women's travel bridges religious, literary, and Black studies to demonstrate the role of the sacred in their movements and practices of freedom. Spirit Deep explores the radical spiritual practices of Black women across a wide range of texts-biblical narrative, spiritual autobiography, travel narrative, and film. In addition to the narrative of Hagar, texts considered include those by Zilpha Elaw, Amanda Berry Smith, and Nancy Prince as well as the films of Julie Dash and Saidiya Hartman"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2023) Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism African American women -- Intellectual life African American women -- Travel Spirituality in literature. Holy, The, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American African American women -- Intellectual life American literature -- African American authors American literature -- Women authors Holy, The, in literature Spirituality in literature Travelers' writings, American Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book LC no. 2022035687 ISBN 9780813948942 0813948940

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