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1. Introduction 1. Introduction
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2. The Time of Night: The Tragic as a Structure of Experience 2. The Time of Night: The Tragic as a Structure of Experience
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3. Moaning: The Religious Dimensions of Truth’s Life 3. Moaning: The Religious Dimensions of Truth’s Life
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4. Curating the Shadow: Sojourner Truth and White Violence 4. Curating the Shadow: Sojourner Truth and White Violence
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4.1. The 1851 Women’s Convention Speech 4.1. The 1851 Women’s Convention Speech
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5. Conclusion: Beholding Truth’s Truth beyond the Page 5. Conclusion: Beholding Truth’s Truth beyond the Page
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Notes Notes
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References References
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Sojourner Truth: Aesthetics, Bad Faith, and the “Night-Time” State of America
Get accessDepartment of Religion, Syracuse University
Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Syracuse University
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Published:18 September 2023
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Abstract
This chapter highlights the religious and phenomenological foundations of Sojourner Truth’s public life. By nearly all accounts, Truth had a palpable presence. People were deeply moved by what she said and how she said it. As one eyewitness put it, words could not capture her; a “Daguerrian act” was needed. This had much to do with Truth’s experiences of the brutality of slavery and the presence of a God who redeemed and liberated her. As a result, Truth had no problem calling her largely white audiences to account for their antiblack racism and sexism, injustices contributing to the “night-time” state of America. This, however, did not preclude some from curating, even caricaturing her. The “African” had to conform to white perceptions of blackness, even to the point of speaking words she probably never said. But if we listen, we might still hear Truth saying “what time of night it is.”
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