Performing anti-slavery : activist women on antebellum stages /

"In Performing Anti-Slavery, Gay Gibson Cima reimagines the connection between the self and the other within activist performance, providing fascinating new insights into women's nineteenth-century reform efforts, revising the history of abolition, and illuminating an affective repertoire...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cima, Gay Gibson, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1899
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Women abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > Political activity > United States > History > 19th century.
Social reformers > United States > History > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
DRAMA > American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Antislavery movements
Social reformers
Women abolitionists
Women > Political activity
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copright page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 From sentimental sympathy to activist self-judgment; Chapter 2 From the suffering of others to a "compassion for ourselves"; Chapter 3 "Beyond our traditions" to a provisional, practical activism; Chapter 4 From anti-slavery celebrity to cosmopolitan self-possession; Epilogue: the repertoire of anti-slavery; Works cited; Index

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