The souls of womenfolk : the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South /

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"In The souls of womenfolk, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh argues that woman-gendered cosmologies and experiences from the Upper Guinea Coast played a distinct role in shaping the religious consciousness and practices of enslaved communities in the Lower South, and that this process took place concurr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells-Oghoghomeh, Alexis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Temas:
Enslaved women > Religious life > Southern States.
Enslaved women > Southern States > Social conditions.
Femmes esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Vie religieuse.
Femmes esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Enslaved women > Social conditions.
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In The souls of womenfolk, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh argues that woman-gendered cosmologies and experiences from the Upper Guinea Coast played a distinct role in shaping the religious consciousness and practices of enslaved communities in the Lower South, and that this process took place concurrently as enslaved peoples in the U.S. South interpreted their new contexts through the cosmological frameworks of their foreparents, while acquiring, innovating, and revising contemporaneous practices"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 307 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469663616
1469663619
9781469663623
1469663627

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