White men's magic : scripturalization as slavery / Vincent L. Wimbush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wimbush, Vincent L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and culture--United States.

Religion and culture.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797. Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano.

Equiano, Olaudah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a transdisciplinary analysis of 'The Life of Olaudah Equiano', first published in England in 1789. It was one of the earliest and remains to this day one of the best-known "slave" narratives. It is not simply autobiographical and it does not unproblematically register the several interests and motivations of a slave, spiritual, or travel narrative.

Contents:

"Unbounded influence over the credulity and superstition of the people": magic as slavery, slavery as magic

"The White men had some spell or magic": a Black stranger's first contact with White men's magic

"Every person there read the Bible": scripturalization as matrix of White men's magic

"To the Britons first" the Gospel is preached": scripturalization in the nationalization of White men's magic

"In the Bible, I saw things new": scripturalization and the mimetics of White men's magic

"Take the book and tell God to make them dead": scripturalization as White men's hegemony

"I could read it for myself": scripturalization, slavery, and agency.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-934439-6

0-19-987358-5

1-280-49910-9

9786613594334

OCLC:

794003405