Vincent L Wimbush

White Men's Magic

Scripturalization as Slavery

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Produktbeschreibung

Characterizing Olaudah Equiano's eighteenth-century narrative of his life as a type of ''scriptural story'' that connects the Bible with identity formation, This book probes not only how the Bible and its reading played a crucial role in the first colonial contacts between black and white persons in the North Atlantic but also the process and meaning of what he terms ''scripturalization.''

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780199344390
• ISBN-10: 0199344396
• Artikelnr.: 40028779

Autorenporträt

Vincent L. Wimbush is Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures at Claremont Graduate University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Prologue
Chapter One: "unbounded influence over the credulity and superstition of the people":
Magic as Slavery, Slavery as Magic
Chapter Two: "the white men had some spell or magic":
A Black Stranger's First Contact with White Men's Magic
Chapter Three: "every person there read the Bible":
Scripturalization as Matrix of White Men's Magic
Chapter Four: "to the Britons first the Gospel is preached":
Scripturalization in the Nationalization of White Men's Magic
Chapter Five: "in the Bible, I saw things new":
Scripturalization and the Mimetics of White Men's Magic
Chapter Six: "take the book and tell God to make them dead":
Scripturalization as White Men's Hegemony
Chapter Seven: "I could read it for myself":
Scripturalization, Slavery, and Agency
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index