African spirituality in Black women's fiction threaded visions of memory, community, nature, and being /

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Autor principal: West, Elizabeth J., 1957-
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011.
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  • Rethinking religiosity in the wake of modernity: transformations of Christian idealisms in the novels of Jessie Fauset
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