زنان برده و هنر مقاومت در آمریکا قبل از جنگ (مذهب سیاه/تفکر زن‌محور/عدالت اجتماعی)

The historical records and stories of enslaved African women have both creative and life-affirming resistance strategies for how women of the past have dealt with and healed from violence. This book draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe the depths of multi-dimensional oppression and violence in the lives of enslaved African women. Harrison investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women’s lives prior to European arrival in order to recover those African-derived aesthetic forms, cultural traditions, and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression. The nine strategies of resistance offered as modes of resistance employed by enslaved women are viable modes for modern-day women. "An excellent and refreshing contribution to studies about the cultural and social sources of violence. This comprehensive book should be read by everyone concerned about the prevalence of violence and the need for healing in our world today."--Delores S. Williams, Author of Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk "An ambitious historical excavation of the violence and religion of U.S. slavery! With unflinching honesty Harrison presents a wide range of stories about the brutality black women slaves experienced and creatively organizes those stories within unique, womanist frameworks."--Traci C. West, Author of Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women's Lives Matter "Harrison 'done gone and started something now!' With this searing, soaring, and majestic work she has created an intellectual and spiritual clearing and invited our ancestral forebears to speak ... This book deeply reaches and teaches us in places beyond words. The heretofore unsung witness of our ancestors, our mothers, bids us enter into healthy and life-affirming streams in our own day and time. Ashe!"--Alton B. Pollard, Dean and Professor of Religion and Culture, Howard University School of Divinity "This book is timely for a public hungry for fresh perspectives on race, violence, and healing ... Crafted in poetic prose, the book offers full-bodied scholarship, original interpretations of violence and resistance, and daring proposals for action. It deserves to be widely read."--Mary Elizabeth Moore, Dean and Professor of Theology and Education, Boston University School of Theology "Scholarly, Harrison captures the rhythmic moral, beauty, and power of black women's protest tradition of the slave era. She does this without romanticizing the aesthetic and moral flaws of either black victims or white victimizers."--Riggins R. Earl, Jr., Professor of Social Ethics, Interdenominational Theological Center Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Map and Tables......Page 10 Ancestral Scratchings......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Ancestral Vibrations......Page 20 Part 1 Precolonial West Africa: Context and Perspectives......Page 32 1 "Dey Fooled Dem to Come": Seduction and Trickery in the African Slave Trade......Page 34 2 "Before the Arrival of the Good Ship Jesus": African Women in Precolonial West Africa......Page 48 Part 2 Historical Grotesque Realities......Page 70 3 "Trouble Done Bore Me Down": Intimate Violence against Enslaved Women......Page 72 Enslaved Women and Domestic Violence: "Dey wuked me lak a dog an' beat me somepin turrible"......Page 75 4 "Dat Man Grabbed Me an' Strip Me Naked": Enslaved Women and Sexual Violence......Page 90 5 "In the Company of My Sisters": Violence among Women in the American Colonies......Page 104 Enslaved Women and Sisterhood Violence: "Misses would beat and stomp away, with all the venom of a demon"......Page 105 Enslaved Women and Sistah-hood Violence: "That woman was simply mean"......Page 112 6 "Fix Me Jesus": Enslaved Women and Self-Violence......Page 132 Part 3 Yearning for the Beautiful......Page 164 7 "However Far the Stream Flows It Never Forgets Its Source": Five Strategies of Subversion and Freedom......Page 166 8 "The Current Continues": Four More Strategies of Subversion and Freedom......Page 214 Notes......Page 252 B......Page 284 D......Page 285 H......Page 286 L......Page 287 P......Page 288 S......Page 289 W......Page 290 Y......Page 291 B......Page 292 C......Page 293 F......Page 294 I......Page 295 M......Page 296 P......Page 297 R......Page 298 S......Page 299 W......Page 300 Y......Page 301 Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Map and Tables 10 Preface 12 Ancestral Scratchings 12 Acknowledgments 16 Introduction 20 Ancestral Vibrations 20 Part 1 Precolonial West Africa: Context and Perspectives 32 1 "Dey Fooled Dem to Come": Seduction and Trickery in the African Slave Trade 34 2 "Before the Arrival of the Good Ship Jesus": African Women in Precolonial West Africa 48 Part 2 Historical Grotesque Realities 70 3 "Trouble Done Bore Me Down": Intimate Violence against Enslaved Women 72 Enslaved Women and Domestic Violence: "Dey wuked me lak a dog an' beat me somepin turrible" 75 4 "Dat Man Grabbed Me an' Strip Me Naked": Enslaved Women and Sexual Violence 90 5 "In the Company of My Sisters": Violence among Women in the American Colonies 104 Enslaved Women and Sisterhood Violence: "Misses would beat and stomp away, with all the venom of a demon" 105 Enslaved Women and Sistah-hood Violence: "That woman was simply mean" 112 6 "Fix Me Jesus": Enslaved Women and Self-Violence 132 Part 3 Yearning for the Beautiful 164 7 "However Far the Stream Flows It Never Forgets Its Source": Five Strategies of Subversion and Freedom 166 8 "The Current Continues": Four More Strategies of Subversion and Freedom 214 Notes 252 Author Index 284 A 284 B 284 C 285 D 285 E 286 F 286 G 286 H 286 I 287 J 287 K 287 L 287 M 288 N 288 O 288 P 288 Q 289 R 289 S 289 T 290 U 290 V 290 W 290 Y 291 Subject Index 292 A 292 B 292 C 293 D 294 E 294 F 294 G 295 H 295 I 295 J 296 K 296 L 296 M 296 N 297 O 297 P 297 Q 298 R 298 S 299 T 300 U 300 V 300 W 300 Y 301 0230618464,9780230618466 Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 This book draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe the depths of multi-dimensional oppression and violence in the lives of enslaved African women. It investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival in order to recover those African-derived aesthetic forms, cultural traditions, and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression. The nine strategies of resistance offered as modes of resistance employed by enslaved women are viable modes for modern-day women 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. This book draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe the depths of multi-dimensional oppression and violence in the lives of enslaved African women