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Author
Series
Fastback volume 362
Publisher
Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"Melanie L. Harris dives into the spirituality and life work of Alice Walker, literary genius and poet. Through the lens of Womanist ethics, Harris takes an inside look into the virtues and values that can be lifted from a study of Walker's non-fiction work. This work enlivens the debate in African and African American religious thought about the fluidity of spirituality and widens the conversation to encourage readers to embrace religious traditions...
16) Affections of the mind: the politics of sacramental marriage in late medieval English literature
Author
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Limited ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"We no longer ascribe the term 'mermaid' to those we deem sexually or economically threatening; we do not ubiquitously use the mermaid's image in political propaganda or feature her within our houses of worship; perhaps most notably, we do not entertain the possibility of the mermaid's existence. This, author Tara Pedersen argues, makes it difficult for contemporary scholars to consider the mermaid as a figure who wields much social significance....