Radical Spiritual Motherhood : Autobiography and Empowerment in Nineteenth-Century African American Women.
Title:
Radical Spiritual Motherhood : Autobiography and Empowerment in Nineteenth-Century African American Women.
Author:
Haynes, Rosetta R.
ISBN:
9780807138205
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (220 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The World of the Radical Spiritual Mothers: Socioeconomic, Political, and Religious Milieu -- 2. Power and Transformation in Radical Spiritual Motherhood -- 3. Sanctified Ladies: Transformation of Vision and Voice in the Narratives of Amanda Berry Smith, Julia Foote, and Jarena Lee -- 4. Movers and Shakers: Itinerancy and the Search for Community and Identity in the Narratives of Zilpha Elaw and Rebecca Jackson -- 5. Mothers Outraged and Radical: Sexuality and Subjectivity in the Nineteenth-Century Narratives of Enslaved and Free Black Women -- 6. Pauli Murray: Modern-Day Radical Spiritual Mother -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
In this cutting-edge work, Rosetta R. Haynes explores the spiritual autobiographies of five nineteenth-century female African American itinerant preachers to discover the ways in which they drew upon religion and the material conditions of their lives to fashion powerful personas that enabled them to pursue their missions as divinely appointed religious leaders. Pioneering and accessible, Radical Spiritual Motherhood marks a turning point in the study of both African American literature and women's studies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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