Congo Gods by Christian Names: Hurston's Prayer-Speech as Cultural Inheritance

Zora Neale Hurston's admiration for Black vernacular language is evident in her focus on prayer-speech, framed as part of a cultural and spiritual inheritance that Hurston consciously draws between the characters in her debut novel—the semiautobiographical Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934)—her non...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melton, McKinley Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2016]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-253
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hurston, Zora Neale 1891-1960, Jonah's gourd vine / Africa / Religion / Christianity / Syncretism / Prayer / Language
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BS Traditional African religions
CA Christianity
KBQ North America
NBC Doctrine of God
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (doi)