Art Amp Ritual in the Black Diascb

This book examines residual oral conventions that shape the black diaspora imaginary in the Caribbean and the United States. Through a hermeneutical focus, Griffith provides fresh understandings of the Atlantic as a frame for a philosophical and cultural counterdiscourse in postcolonial communities.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter One-Introduction: Journeys in Space and Spirit
Chapter Two-The Spirituals: The Nonduality of the Sacred
Chapter Three-Animate Authority of Word and Rite
Chapter Four-Plots and Counterplots
Chapter Five-The Quest for Divine Fullness
Chapter Six-Ritual Relocation of Self
Chapter Seven- Alchemy as Transformational Magic
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Paul Griffith is professor of english at Texas Southern University.

Summary

This book examines residual oral conventions that shape the black diaspora imaginary in the Caribbean and the United States. Through a hermeneutical focus, Griffith provides fresh understandings of the Atlantic as a frame for a philosophical and cultural counterdiscourse in postcolonial communities.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Griffith, Griffith Paul
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2017
• EAN: 9781498527439
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2743-9
• Series: Black Atlantic Cultural Series; The Black Atlantic Cultural Series: Revisioning the Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts; Black Atlantic Cultural Series; The Black Atlantic Cultural Series: Revisioning Artistic, Historical, Literary, Psychological, and Sociological Perspectives
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, Migration, immigration & emigration, Literary studies: general, Migration, immigration and emigration, African History, Literary theory, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples