The souls of womenfolk : the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 307 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469663593 1469663597 9781469663609 1469663600 |