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100 1 |a Haywood, Chanta M.,  |d 1968- 
245 1 0 |a Prophesying Daughters :   |b Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913 /   |c Chanta M. Haywood. 
264 1 |a Columbia :  |b University of Missouri Press,  |c 2003. 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2018 
264 4 |c ©2003. 
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505 0 |a The prophesying daughters : biographical and historical background -- The act of prophesying : nineteenth-century Black women preachers and Black literary history -- Prophetic change : Jarena Lee's and Julia Foote's uses of conversion rhetoric in the context of reader distrust -- Prophetic journeying : the trope of travel in Black women preachers' narratives -- Prophetic reading : Black women preachers and biblical interpretation -- Prophetic works : prophesying daughters and social activism--the case of Frances Joseph Gaudet -- Can I get a witness? : the implications of prophesying for African American literary studies. 
520 8 |a Annotation  |b In nineteenth-century America, many black women left their homes, their husbands, and their children to spread the Word of God. Descendants of slaves or former "slave girls" themselves, they traveled all over the country, even abroad, preaching to audiences composed of various races, denominations, sexes, and classes, offering their own interpretations of the Bible. When they were denied the pulpit because of their sex, they preached in tents, bush clearings, meeting halls, private homes, and other spaces. They dealt with domestic ideologies that positioned them as subservient in the home, and with racist ideologies that positioned them as naturally inferior to whites. They also faced legalities restricting blacks socially and physically and the socioeconomic reality of often being part of a large body of unskilled laborers. Jarena Lee, Julia Foote, Maria Stewart, and Frances Gaudet were four women preachers who endured such hardships because of their religious convictions. Often quoting from the scripture, they insisted that they were indeed prophesying daughters whom God called upon to preach. Significantly, many of these women preachers wrote autobiographies in which they present images of assertive, progressive, pious women--steadfast and unmovable in their religious beliefs and bold in voicing their concerns about the moral standing of their race and society at large. Chanta M. Haywood examines these autobiographies to provide new insight into the nature of prophesying, offering an alternative approach to literature with strong religious imagery. She analyzes how these four women employed rhetorical and political devices in their narratives, using religious discourse to deconstruct race, class, and gender issues of the nineteenth century. By exploring how religious beliefs become an avenue for creating alternative ideologies, Prophesying Daughters will appeal to students and scholars of African American literature, women's studies, and religious studies. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 7 |a Prophecy  |x Christianity.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01079203 
650 7 |a African American women clergy.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00799482 
650 7 |a RELIGION  |x Christian Ministry  |x Preaching.  |2 bisacsh 
650 6 |a Prophetie  |x Christianisme  |x Histoire. 
650 6 |a Clerge feminin noir americain  |x Histoire  |y 20e siecle. 
650 6 |a Clerge feminin noir americain  |x Histoire  |y 19e siecle. 
650 0 |a Prophecy  |x Christianity  |x History. 
650 0 |a African American women clergy  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a African American women clergy  |x History  |y 19th century. 
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