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God and Blackness

Race, Gender, and Identity in a Middle Class Afrocentric Church [Hardback]

by Andrea C. Abrams

    • Author

      Andrea C. Abrams

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      New York University Press

    • Published

      March 2014

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      God and Blackness

      Today's Price £87.45

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      Product Description

      Blackness, as a concept, is extremely fluid: it can refer to cultural and ethnic identity, socio-political status, an aesthetic and embodied way of being, a social and political consciousness, or a diasporic kinship. It is used as a description of skin color ranging from the palest cream to the richest chocolate; as a marker of enslavement, marginalization, criminality, filth, or evil; or as a symbol of pride, beauty, elegance, strength, and depth. Despite the fact that it is elusive and difficult to define, blackness serves as one of the most potent and unifying domains of identity. God and Blackness offers an ethnographic study of blackness as it is understood within a specific community--that of the First Afrikan Church, a middle-class Afrocentric congregation in Atlanta, Georgia. Drawing on nearly two years of participant observation and in‑depth interviews, Andrea C. Abrams examines how this community has employed Afrocentrism and Black theology as a means of negotiating the unreconciled natures of thoughts and ideals that are part of being both black and American. Specifically, Abrams examines the ways in which First Afrikan's construction of community is influenced by shared understandings of blackness, and probes the means through which individuals negotiate the tensions created by competing constructions of their black identity. Although Afrocentrism operates as the focal point of this discussion, the book examines questions of political identity, religious expression and gender dynamics through the lens of a unique black church.

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      • Author

        Andrea C. Abrams

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        New York University Press

      • Published

        March 2014

      • Weight

        432g

      • Page Count

        195

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9780814705230

      • ISBN-10

        0814705235

      • Eden Code

        4278589

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      • Author/Creator: Andrea C. Abrams

      • ISBN: 9780814705230

      • Publisher: New York University Press

      • Release Date: March 2014

      • Weight: 432g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 4278589

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