The Souls of Womenfolk : The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wells-Oghoghomeh, Alexis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women slaves > Social conditions.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Femmes esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Femmes esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Vie religieuse.
Women slaves > Southern States > Social conditions.
Women slaves > Religious life > Southern States.
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 (320 pages).
ISBN:9781469663623

Ejemplares similares