African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry

by Ras Michael Brown
African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry

by Ras Michael Brown

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781107024090
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 08/27/2012
Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South
Pages: 317
Product dimensions: 6.46(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

Ras Michael Brown is Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Table of Contents

1. Place, culture, and power; 2. Land of the living; 3. African spirits of the land and water; 4. African landscapes of the Lowcountry; 5. Spiritual guardians in the wilderness; 6. Mermaid histories and power.
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