"Is There No Blessing for Me?" Jane James's Construction of Space in Latter-day Saint History and Practice
New Perspectives in Mormon Studies : Creating and crossing boundaries
Norman, OK
University of Oklahoma Press
2013
41-68
In telling her life story, Jane James positioned herself near the center of the Latter-day Saint story, inserting herself into LDS myth-history. In this way, she carved out a space for herself in LDS history and practice despite the efforts of the church hierarchy to marginalize her because of her race. This essay focuses primarily on the autobiography in order to understand how and why James inserted herself into the center of the LDS story. [excerpt from chapter]
Conversion experience James, Jane Elizabeth Manning Race relations