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Author:

Lackey, Michael.

Title:

African American atheists and political liberation : a study of the sociocultural dynamics of faith / Michael Lackey.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

172 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Atheism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Religion.
African American authors--Political and social views.
Wright, Richard,--1908-1960--Criticism and interpretation.
Larsen, Nella--Criticism and interpretation.
Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967--Criticism and interpretation.
Atheïsme.
Negers.
Amerikaans.
Bellettrie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-163) and index.

Contents:

Frantz Fanon and J. Saunders Redding : the psychological and political necessity of atheism -- The humanist/atheist controversy in Richard Wright's The outsider -- No means yes : the conversion narrative as rape scene in Nella Larsen's Quicksand -- Langston Hughes : the sociocultural structuring of God, desire, and the law -- Touchstone narratives: measuring the value of the God concept.

Series:

The history of African-American religions

ISBN:

0813030358 (alk. paper)
9780813030357 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006022841

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)