Womack considers how Fife's article on Thlewarle and Mendoza's story illuminate tensions of spatial jurisdictions (4/4)

Womack considers how Sharon Fife's article on Thlewarle describes activities taking place in the church and on the grounds during the time of "Summer Water and Shirley," and how Mendoza's story illuminates important tensions of spatial jurisdictions in Creek culture.

Baptists and Witches: Multiple Jurisdictions in a Muskogee Creek Story

http://southernspaces.org/2007/baptists-and-witches-multiple-jurisdictions-muskogee-creek-story

by Craig Womack

Speaking at Emory University on December 5th, 2006, Dr. Womack examines Muskogee Creek culture through his reading of Durango Mendoza's short story "Summer Water and Shirley," and his discussion of jurisdictional spaces in the vicinity of the Thlewarle Indian Baptist Church.