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One nation under gods

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Date Issued:
2009
Summary:
This study argues that the interfaith symbolism present in the works of American author Jean Toomer undermines dominant Christian justifications for racism in the United States. It also discusses the ways in which Toomer's interfaith symbolism promotes the establishment of a race Toomer called the "American" race, a group of interracial, interreligious people whom Toomer hoped would change the way race was viewed in the United States. The multireligious references in Toomer's works challenge constricted definitions of both religion and race by highlighting interchangeable religious ideals from several world religions.
Title: One nation under gods: interfaith symbolism and the "American" race in the works of Jean Toomer.
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Name(s): Fallon, Laura Gayle.
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of English
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 2009
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic
Extent: vi, 85 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study argues that the interfaith symbolism present in the works of American author Jean Toomer undermines dominant Christian justifications for racism in the United States. It also discusses the ways in which Toomer's interfaith symbolism promotes the establishment of a race Toomer called the "American" race, a group of interracial, interreligious people whom Toomer hoped would change the way race was viewed in the United States. The multireligious references in Toomer's works challenge constricted definitions of both religion and race by highlighting interchangeable religious ideals from several world religions.
Identifier: 476227233 (oclc), 359926 (digitool), FADT359926 (IID), fau:4237 (fedora)
Note(s): by Laura Gayle Fallon.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009.
Includes bibliography.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
Symbolism in literature
Race in popular culture -- United States
United States -- Race relations
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/359926
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Host Institution: FAU