When God Lost Her Tongue : Historical Consciousness and the Black Feminist Imagination

__When God Lost Her Tongue__ explores historical consciousness as captured through the Black feminist imagination that re-centers the perspectives of Black women in the African Diaspora, and revisits how Black women’s transatlantic histories are re-imagined and politicized in our contemporary moment. Connecting select historical case studies – from the Caribbean, the African continent, North America, and Europe – while also examining the retelling of these histories in the work of present-day writers and artists, Janell Hobson utilizes a Black feminist lens to rescue the narratives of African-descended women, which have been marginalized, erased, forgotten, and/or mis-remembered. African goddesses crossing the Atlantic with captive Africans. Women leaders igniting the Haitian Revolution. Unnamed Black women in European paintings. African women on different sides of the "door of no return" during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. Even ubiquitous "Black queens" heralded and signified in a Beyoncé music video or a Janelle Monáe lyric. And then there are those whose names we will never forget, like the iconic Harriet Tubman. This critical interdisciplinary intervention will be key reading for students and researchers studying African American women, Black feminisms, feminist methodologies, Africana studies, and women and gender studies. "When God Lost Her Tongue seeks to explore historical consciousness as captured through the Black feminist imagination that re-centers the perspectives of Black women in the African Diaspora, and revisits how Black women's transatlantic histories are re-imagined and politicized in our contemporary moment. Connecting select historical case studies - from the Caribbean and Latin America, the African continent, North America, and Europe - while also examining the retelling of these histories in the work of present-day writers and artists, Janell Hobson utilizes a Black feminist lens to rescue the narratives of African-descended women, which have either been marginalized, erased, forgotten, and/or mis-remembered. They are often invoked, but sometimes we forget their names. African goddesses crossing the Atlantic with captive Africans. Women leaders igniting the Haitian revolution. Unnamed Black women in European paintings. African women on different sides of the "door of no return" during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. Even ubiquitous "Black queens" heralded and signified in a Beyoncé music video or a Janelle Monáe lyric. And then there are those whose names we will never forget, like the iconic Harriet Tubman. This critical interdisciplinary intervention will be key reading for students and researchers studying African American Women, Black Feminisms, Feminist Methodologies, Africana Studies, Women and Gender Studies"-- Provided by publisher This book explores historical consciousness as captured through the Black feminist imagination that re-centers the perspectives of Black women in the African Diaspora, and revisits how Black women’s transatlantic histories are re-imagined and politicized in our contemporary moment. Cover 1 Half Title 4 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Dedication 8 Table of Contents 10 List of figures 12 Reprints 15 Frontispiece 16 Introduction 18 Prelude 28 1 A meditation on Black feminist divinity 29 2 Reframing portraits of Black womanhood 56 3 Revolving doors of no return 85 4 Cultural currency and the value of Harriet Tubman 110 5 To play the queen, to embody the goddess 139 Postlude 169 Epilogue 170 Notes 173 References 190 Acknowledgments 206 Index 208 Black,Feminist,Divinity;,Black,Womanhood;,Cultural,Currency;,Harriet,Tubman;,Reframing,Portraits Black Feminist Divinity,Black Womanhood,Cultural Currency,Harriet Tubman,Reframing Portraits