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
Main Author: Wells-Oghoghomeh, Alexis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781469663623

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