Enslaved Women and the Art of Resistance in Antebellum America [electronic resource] /
Harrison, R.author.
Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression.
Religion-History.
Sociology.
Spirituality.
Gender identity-Religious aspects.
Religions.
History of Religion.
Gender Studies.
Spirituality.
Religion and Gender.
Comparative Religion.