The Will to Adorn: Beyond Self-Surveillance, Toward a Womanist Ethic of Redemptive Self-Love

In “Characteristics of Negro Expression” folklorist Zora Neale Hurston posits “the second most notable characteristic” of Black expression is the will to adorn. Historical accounts of the Great Migration in the United States reveal Black communities sought to navigate the problem of visibility throu...

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Main Author: Jones, Melanie C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Black theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 218-230
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KBQ North America
KDG Free church
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Dress
B Black Church
B Womanism
B Black women
B Policing
B body and religion
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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