God and Blackness

Race, Gender, and Identity in a Middle Class Afrocentric Church

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Author: Andrea C. Abrams ISBN: 9780814705261
Publisher: NYU Press Publication: March 21, 2014
Imprint: NYU Press Language: English
Author: Andrea C. Abrams
ISBN: 9780814705261
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication: March 21, 2014
Imprint: NYU Press
Language: English
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. 
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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. 

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