{"product_id":"recovering-the-african-feminine-divine-in-literature-the-arts-and-practice-yemonja-awakening-paperback","title":"Recovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Practice: Yemonja Awakening - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLajuan Simpson-Wilkey\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eEric M. Bridges\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eTarell Kyles\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Practice: Yemonja Awakening provides context to the myriad ways in which the African feminine divine is being reclaimed by scholars, practitioners, and cultural scholars worldwide. This volume addresses the complex ways in which the reclamation of and recognition of Yemonja, the African female deity who is the mother of the entire world of the Orisha, facilitates cultural survival and the formation of African-centric identity. Also known as Yemaya, Iemanya and Yemaya-Olokun, Yemonja is the deity whose province is the ocean and, given that the Middle Passage was the cultural and spatial crossroad to Africa's numerous diasporas, this deity links the shared histories of African and African descent cultural praxis worldwide. This work provides the context for understanding how the spiritual conceptualizations of the African feminine divine underpin critical cultural forms, even when it has been previously unacknowledged and despite the cultural encounters with European and Western models of being. Scholars of African diaspora studies and the arts will find this book particularly interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey is interim department chair for the department of social work and human services at Kennesaw State University.\u003cbr\u003eDr. Sheila Smith McKoy is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Holy Names University. \u003cbr\u003eEric Bridges is professor of psychology at Clayton State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47540520517853,"sku":"9781793640956","price":83.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/8_iEe5mZ2q9781793640956.webp?v=1772583759","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/recovering-the-african-feminine-divine-in-literature-the-arts-and-practice-yemonja-awakening-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}