About the book
Early American Women Critics demonstrates that performances of various kinds - religious political and cultural - enabled women to enter the human rights debates that roiled the American colonies and young republic. Black and white women staked their claims on American citizenship through disparate performances of spirit possession patriotism poetic and theatrical production. They protected themselves within various shields which allowed them to speak openly while keeping the individual basis of their identities invisible. Cima shows that between the First and Second Great Religious Awakenings (1730s-1830s) women from West Africa Europe and various corners of the American colonies self-consciously adopted performance strategies that enabled them to critique American culture and establish their own diverse and contradictory claims on the body politic. This book restores the primacy of religious performances - Christian Yoruban Bantu and Muslim - to the study of early American cultural and political histories revealing that religion and race are inseparable.
Editions of Early American Women Critics
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780521847339
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780521090568
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Early American Women Critics demonstrates that performances of various kinds - religious political and cultural - enabled women to enter the human rights debates that roiled the American colonies and young republic. Black and white women staked their claims on American citizenship through disparate performances of spirit possession patriotism poetic and theatrical production. They protected themselves within various shields which allowed them to speak openly while keeping the individual basis of their identities invisible. Cima shows that between the First and Second Great Religious Awakenings (1730s-1830s) women from West Africa Europe and various corners of the American colonies self-consciously adopted performance strategies that enabled them to critique American culture and establish their own diverse and contradictory claims on the body politic. This book restores the primacy of religious performances - Christian Yoruban Bantu and Muslim - to the study of early American cultural and political histories revealing that religion and race are inseparable.
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What is Early American Women Critics about?
Early American Women Critics demonstrates that performances of various kinds - religious political and cultural - enabled women to enter the human rights debates that roiled the American colonies and young republic. Black and white women staked their claims on American citizenship through disparate performances of spirit possession patriotism poetic and theatrical production. They protected themselves within various shields which allowed them to speak openly while keeping the individual basis of their identities invisible. Cima shows that between the First and Second Great Religious Awakenings (1730s-1830s) women from West Africa Europe and various corners of the American colonies self-consciously adopted performance strategies that enabled them to critique American culture and establish their own diverse and contradictory claims on the body politic. This book restores the primacy of religious performances - Christian Yoruban Bantu and Muslim - to the study of early American cultural and political histories revealing that religion and race are inseparable.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Early American Women Critics?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general
Where can I read a sample of Early American Women Critics?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780521847339
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Early American Women Critics?
Gay Gibson Cima
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Early American Women Critics is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521847339) and paperback(ISBN 9780521090568)