White men's magic : scripturalization as slavery /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wimbush, Vincent L.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Equiano, Olaudah, > 1745-1797. > Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano. Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano (Equiano, Olaudah) Equiano, Olaudah. > Interesting Narrative. Race relations. Religion and culture > United States. Relations raciales. Religion et culture > États-Unis. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies. Race relations Religion and culture United States Bibellektüre Religion Kultur Sklaverei Ethnische Beziehungen USA. Electronic books.
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Table of 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.