Radical spiritual motherhood : autobiography and empowerment in nineteenth-century African American women /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Haynes, Rosetta Renae
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2011]
Subjects:	Autobiography > Social aspects. Identity (Psychology) in literature. African American women > Race identity. African American women > Intellectual life > 19th century. African American women > Biography > History and criticism. African American women evangelists > Biography > History and criticism. African American women evangelists > Biography. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The world of the radical spiritual mothers : socioeconomic, political, and religious milieu
Power and transformation in radical spiritual motherhood
Sanctified ladies : transformation of vision and voice in the narratives of Amanda Berry Smith, Julia Foote, and Jarena Lee
Movers and shakers : itinerancy and the search for community and identity in the narratives of Zilpha Elaw and Rebecca Jackson
Mothers outraged and radical : sexuality and subjectivity in the nineteenth-century narratives of enslaved and free Black women
Pauli Murray : modern-day radical spiritual mother.