White men's magic
Subtitle: scripturalization as slavery
By: Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780199873579
Subjects: Religion and culture; Race relations
Description: 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 several interests and motivations of a slave, spiritual, or travel narrative.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Unbounded influence over the credulity and superstition of the people": magic as slavery, slavery as magic; title: "The White men had some spell or magic": a Black stranger's first contact with White men's magic; title: "Every person there read the Bible": scripturalization as matrix of White men's magic; title: "To the Britons first" the Gospel is preached": scripturalization in the nationalization of White men's magic; title: "In the Bible, I saw things new": scripturalization and the mimetics of White men's magic; title: "Take the book and tell God to make them dead": scripturalization as White men's hegemony; title: "I could read it for myself": scripturalization, slavery, and agency.