Learning to (re)member the things we've learned to forget : endarkened feminisms, spirituality, & the sacred nature of (re)search & teaching /

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Author / Creator:	Dillard, Cynthia B., 1957-
Imprint:	New York : Peter Lang, ©2012.
Description:	xiv, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Black studies & critical thinking ; v. 18 Black studies & critical thinking ; v. 18.
Subject:	Womanism. Women, Black. African American women. Black people -- Race identity. African American women. Black people -- Race identity. Womanism. Women, Black.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13550389

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ISBN:	9781433112829 1433112825 9781433112812 1433112817 9781453902431 1453902430
Notes:	The power of our cultural memories : New visions -- The seduction of forgetfulness : re-membering body, mind and spirit -- The need to love Blackness : healing cultural memories of African beauty -- The power of rituals and traditions : re-membering African culture, re-membering African knowledge -- The importance of naming : spirituality, the sacred, and new questions for endarkened transnational feminist research (with Chinwe Okpalaoka) -- Pedagogies of community are pedagogies of the spirit : living Ubuntu -- The ability to create anew : re-membering to make the world we. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Drawing on her work and her travels in Ghana, Dillard (teacher education, U. of Georgia) explores the ways that African cultural traditions and spiritualities have shaped black feminist consciousness and notions of black womanhood as a cross-cultural diversity of nationalities, socioeconomic classes, sexual identities, and spiritual beliefs. She advocates greater inclusion of spirituality and sacred understanding in feminist subjectivity. Some specific areas she addresses include cultural memories of African beauty, and the importance of spirituality and the sacred for transnational feminist research. B&w photos by the author show contemporary African communities. There is no subject index Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Table of Contents:

The power of our cultural memories : New visions
The seduction of forgetfulness : re-membering body, mind and spirit
The need to love Blackness : healing cultural memories of African beauty
The power of rituals and traditions : re-membering African culture, re-membering African knowledge
The importance of naming : spirituality, the sacred, and new questions for endarkened transnational feminist research (with Chinwe Okpalaoka)
Pedagogies of community are pedagogies of the spirit : living Ubuntu
The ability to create anew : re-membering to make the world we.

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