Prophesying daughters: Black women preachers and the Word, 1823 - 1913
The prophesying daughters : biographical and historical background -- The act of prophesying : nineteenth-century Black women preachers and Black literary history -- Prophetic change : Jarena Lee's and Julia Foote's uses of conversion rhetoric in the context of reader distrust -- Propheti...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Columbia London
University of Missouri Press
c2003
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| In: | Year: 2003 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Women, Black
/ Woman preacher
/ History 1823-1913
B USA / Blacks / Woman preacher / Autobiography / History 1823-1913 |
| Further subjects: | B
African American women clergy
History
19th century
B Prophecy Christianity History B Autobiography B African American women clergy History 20th century |
| Summary: | The prophesying daughters : biographical and historical background -- The act of prophesying : nineteenth-century Black women preachers and Black literary history -- Prophetic change : Jarena Lee's and Julia Foote's uses of conversion rhetoric in the context of reader distrust -- Prophetic journeying : the trope of travel in Black women preachers' narratives -- Prophetic reading : Black women preachers and biblical interpretation -- Prophetic works : prophesying daughters and social activism--the case of Frances Joseph Gaudet -- Can I get a witness? The implications of prophesying for African American literary studies. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 144 S, Ill, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0826214673 |