Preacher Woman Sings the Blues: The Autobiographies of Nineteenth-Century African American Evangelists PDF
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Preacher Woman Sings the Blues: The Autobiographies of Nineteenth-Century African American Evangelists RICHARD J. DOUGLASS-CHIN University of Missouri Press Preacher Woman Sings the Blues This page intentionally left blank Preacher Woman Sings the Blues the autobiographies of nineteenth-century african american evangelists ✞ Richard J. Douglass-Chin UniversityofMissouriPress Columbia and London Copyright©2001by TheCuratorsoftheUniversityofMissouri UniversityofMissouriPress,Columbia,Missouri65201 PrintedandboundintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Allrightsreserved 5 4 3 2 1 05 04 03 02 01 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Douglass-Chin,RichardJ. Preacherwomansingstheblues:theautobiographiesofnineteenth- centuryAfricanAmericanevangelists/RichardJ.Douglass-Chin p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-8262-1311-1(alk.paper) 1.Afro-Americanevangelists—Biography. 2.Afro-Americanwomen—Biography. I.Title. BV3780.D68 2001 269'.2'092396073—dc21 [B] 00-066596 (cid:1)(cid:1)™Thispapermeetstherequirementsofthe AmericanNationalStandardforPermanenceofPaper forPrintedLibraryMaterials,Z39.48,1984. JacketDesigner:SusanFerber Typesetter:BOOKCOMP,Inc. Printerandbinder:Thomson-Shore,Inc. Typeface:NewBaskerville ExcerptfromGiftsofPower:TheWritingsofRebeccaJackson, BlackVisionary,ShakerEldress,editedbyJeanMcMahonHumez, usedbypermissionoftheUniversityofMassachusettsPress. for Amy,Annie,andPouto, throughwhomthetellingcamedown. This page intentionally left blank contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 one TheCrueltyofMenWhose FacesWereLiketheMoon 19 two JarenaLeeandZilphaElaw TheBeginningsofAfricanAmerican Women’sChristianAutobiography 32 three SojournerTruthandtheEmbodiment oftheBlues-Bad-Preacher-WomanText 58 four RebeccaCoxJacksonand theBlackVernacularText 94 five ThePoliticsofConversion JuliaFooteandtheSermonicText 120 six Smith,Elizabeth,Broughton TheDaughters’Departure 140 seven ZoraNealeHurston TheDaughter’sReturn 166 eight TheBluesBadPreacherWomen (Per)formingofSelfintheNovelsof ContemporaryAfricanAmericanWomen 178 Conclusion: BonebyBone 206 Bibliography 209 Index 221 This page intentionally left blank acknowledgments I thank Mary O’Connor for her continued support and her in- strumentalsuggestionsforimprovementofthiswork,DonaldGoell- nicht for the encouragement to begin the undertaking and for his astuteeditorialobservations,andSylviaBowerbankforhercritiques and her expertise, especially on the subjects of religious enthusiasm and the construction of the “natural” in social discourse. Heartfelt acknowledgments go also to Clover Nixon, Antoinette Somo, Sara Davis,andJaneLago,whoalwaysprovidedmewithmuch-appreciated assistance in meeting the deadlines (often by extending them) and practical requirements necessary for the preparation of this work. I am forever grateful to my partner, Kathy Brown, for still being here andforthevaluableleadsandinnovativeperspectivessheprovided; the animated discussions we so often had became a testing ground forsomeofmybestideas.Finally,inthespiritofAliceWalker,Ithank the grandmothers for coming, especially my own grandmother Amy Hamilton Alleyne from whom I first heard the word Yoruba before I had read about it in any book. She heard it from her mother, who heard it from Amy’s grandfather Yoto Pouto, who instilled the memoryofhisAfricanhomelandinallhischildren. ix
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