Radical Spiritual Motherhood : Autobiography and Empowerment in Nineteenth-Century African American Women /

In this cutting-edge work, Rosetta R. Haynes explores the spiritual autobiographies of five nineteenth-century female African American itinerant preachers to discover the ways in which they drew upon religion and the material conditions of their lives to fashion powerful personas that enabled them t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Haynes, Rosetta Renae
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Identity (Psychology) in literature
African American women > Race identity
African American women > Intellectual life
African American women evangelists
African American women > Biography
African American women
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Evangelism.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Spiritual Growth.
Autobiographie > Aspect social.
Identite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Noires americaines > Identite ethnique.
Noires americaines > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siecle.
Noires americaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Autobiography > Social aspects.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
African American women > Race identity.
African American women > Intellectual life > 19th century.
African American women > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women evangelists > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women evangelists > Biography.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The world of the radical spiritual mothers : socioeconomic, political, and religious milieu
  • Power and transformation in radical spiritual motherhood
  • Sanctified ladies : transformation of vision and voice in the narratives of Amanda Berry Smith, Julia Foote, and Jarena Lee
  • Movers and shakers : itinerancy and the search for community and identity in the narratives of Zilpha Elaw and Rebecca Jackson
  • Mothers outraged and radical : sexuality and subjectivity in the nineteenth-century narratives of enslaved and free Black women
  • Pauli Murray : modern-day radical spiritual mother.

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