Research Catalog

Title

Imagining grace : liberating theologies in the slave narrative tradition / Kimberly Rae Connor.

Author

Connor, Kimberly Rae, 1957-

Publication

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Description

xi, 311 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "In this study, Kimberly Rae Connor surveys examples of contemporary literature, drama, art, and music that extend the literary tradition of African-American slave narratives. Revealing the powerful creative links between this tradition and liberation theology's search for grace, she shows how these artworks profess a liberating theology of racial empathy and reconciliation, even if not in traditionally Christian or sacred language.".
• "Calling to task a complacent white society that turns a blind eye to deep-seated and continuing racial inequalities, Imagining Grace shows how these creative endeavors embody the search for grace, seeking to expose racism in all its guises and lay claim to political, intellectual, and spiritual freedom."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Liberation theology > United States
• Slaves' writings, American > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.

Contents

1. Imagining Grace -- 2. Affirming the Unity: Richard Wright -- 3. Remembering the Truth: Ernest Gaines -- 4. Disembarking the Past: Glenn Ligon -- 5. Negotiating the Differences: Anna Deavere Smith -- 6. Improvising on the Feeling: Charlie Haden.

ISBN

025202530X (alk. paper)

LCCN

99006615

OCLC

• ocm41548558
• SCSB-3837885

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries