The souls of womenfolk, the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Type
Label
The souls of womenfolk, the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The souls of womenfolk
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1202731665
Responsibility statement
Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Sub title
the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South
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"--, Provided by publisher
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."