Black Identities, Contemporary Literature, and Afro-diasporic Traditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21837168 |
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| Authors | F F X Rodrigues (0000-0002-5653-6846, Fundação Técnico Educacional Souza Marques, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-294 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of World Christianity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-1538 • E-ISSN: 2377-8784 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jworlchri.11.2.0281 |
| OpenAlex | W3193131324 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The goal of this article is to provide a critical appraisal of the religious tropes embedded in contemporary Black women’s writing in Brazil. By examining Afro-diasporic religious symbols in literary texts, I highlight the survival of African deities as a significant move to transform the lasting effects of historical repression against African-derived religions. As cultural warriors, Black women writers use African heritage as a strategy to redress the history of derogation of Black humanity, affirm racial identities, and revise the epistemic violence sanctioned by institutionalized Christianity
Aesthetics · Art · Humanity · Literature · Redress · Sociology · Theology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Religion and Society in Latin America
| Highly cited | No |
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