The souls of womenfolk : the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South / Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells-Oghoghomeh, Alexis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved women--Religious life--Southern States.

Enslaved women.

Enslaved women--Southern States--Social conditions.

Enslaved women--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Religious life.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xi, 307 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Georgia Genesis: The Birth of the Enslaved Female Soul

ch. Two Womb Re/membrances: The Moral Dimensions of Enslaved Motherhood

ch. Three Sex, Body, and Soul: Sexual Ethics and Social Values among the Enslaved

ch. Four The Birth and Death of Souls: Enslaved Women and Ritual

ch. Five Spirit Bodies and Feminine Souls: Women, Power, and the Sacred Imagination

ch. Six When Souls Gather: Women and Gendered Performance in Religious Spaces.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469663593

1469663597

9781469663609

1469663600

OCLC:

1202731665