Spiritual Interrogations : Culture, Gender, and Community in Early African American Women's Writing

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The late eighteenth century witnessed an influx of black women to the slave-trading ports of the American Northeast. The formation of an early African American community, bound together by shared experiences and spiritual values, owed much to these women's voices. The significance of their writ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bassard, Katherine Clay
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784
Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784 > Religion.
Women and literature.
Spirituals (Songs)
Spiritual life in literature.
Religion and literature.
Religion.
Community life in literature.
Christianity and literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
African American women > Religious life.
African American women > Intellectual life.
African American women in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Vie spirituelle dans la litterature.
Communaute dans la litterature.
Noires americaines > Vie religieuse.
Noires americaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Negro spirituals > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis.
Religion et litterature > États-Unis.
Christianisme et litterature > États-Unis.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Spirituals (Songs) > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States.
Religion and literature > United States.
Christianity and literature > United States.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The late eighteenth century witnessed an influx of black women to the slave-trading ports of the American Northeast. The formation of an early African American community, bound together by shared experiences and spiritual values, owed much to these women's voices. The significance of their writings would be profound for all African Americans' sense of their own identity as a people. Katherine Clay Bassard's book is the first detailed account of pre-Emancipation writings from the period of 1760 to 1863, in light of a developing African American religious culture and emerging free black communiti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9781400822591

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