Piety and dissent: race, gender, and biblical rhetoric in early American autobiography
Margins and centers, new and old narrations : biblical voices, great awakening christianity and American autobiographical traditions -- I did not make myself so-- : Samson Occom and American religious autobiography -- John Marrant, John Smith, Jesus : borders, tangles and knots in marrants 1785 narr...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Amherst, Mass.
University of Massachusetts Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Autobiographical literature
/ Gender-specific role
/ Ethnic identity
/ History 1770-1850
B USA / Autobiographical literature / Bible / Style of speech / History 1770-1850 |
| Further subjects: | B
United States
Church history
B Christian biography B Race Relations Religious aspects Christianity B Social Integration Religious aspects Christianity B Sex role Religious aspects Christianity B Church and minorities |
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| Summary: | Margins and centers, new and old narrations : biblical voices, great awakening christianity and American autobiographical traditions -- I did not make myself so-- : Samson Occom and American religious autobiography -- John Marrant, John Smith, Jesus : borders, tangles and knots in marrants 1785 narrative -- Moses and the Egyptian: religious authority in Olaudah Equianos interesting narrative -- Gender, Christian suffering and the ministers voice: submission and agency in Abigail Abbot Baileys memoirs -- Devotion and dissent: Jarena Lees rhetoric of conversion and call -- Finding a way in the forest: religious discourse of race and justice in William Apess autobiography -- Religious imperatives, democratic voices, and autobiographical preoccupations |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 201 - 216 |
| Physical Description: | XII, 230 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-629-3 978-1-55849-628-6 |
