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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wells-Oghoghomeh, Alexis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: of the faith of the mothers
  • Georgia genesis: the birth of the enslaved female soul
  • Womb remembrances: the moral dimensions of enslaved motherhood
  • Sex, body, and soul: sexual ethics and social values among the enslaved
  • The birth and death of souls: enslaved women and ritual
  • Spirit bodies and feminine souls: women, power, and the sacred imagination
  • When souls gather: women and gendered performance in religious spaces
  • Conclusion: gendering the "religion of the slave."

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