"Ah tulk to de dead all de time", religion among Gullah/Geechee women of the Carolina lowcountry, by LeRhonda S. Manigault
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"Ah tulk to de dead all de time", religion among Gullah/Geechee women of the Carolina lowcountry, by LeRhonda S. Manigault
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2007.
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"Ah tulk to de dead all de time"
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245539147
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by LeRhonda S. Manigault
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religion among Gullah/Geechee women of the Carolina lowcountry
Summary
"Explores the relationship between identity and representation in religion, music, and practice among seven women in South Carolina.... Talking to the dead is prevalent in their song traditions, worship services, and daily activities of church work, storytelling, and sweetgrass basketry. Through exploration of this practice, this project illuminates the religious experiences of women from the South Carolina lowcountry, whose narratives have largely been excluded from investigations of South Carolina religion, history, and culture. It also expands the discourse on the Gullah/Geechee beyond the parameters of African cultural retentions by focusing on what Africa means to these women. In so doing, this work speaks to the contributions of African American women on the landscape of American religious culture."--Abstract
Table Of Contents
Prologue: talking to the dead -- Introduction: a womanist ethnographic approach -- Religious people, religious ways -- The quest for Africanisms -- "Ah tulk to de dead all de time" -- "Sendin' up my timbah" -- The memory of Africa
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