Gender and race in antebellum popular culture /

"In the decades leading to the Civil War, popular conceptions of African American men shifted dramatically. The savage slave featured in 1830s' novels and stories gave way by the 1850s to the less-threatening humble Black martyr. This radical reshaping of Black masculinity in American cult...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roth, Sarah N. (Sarah Nelson), 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1899
African Americans in popular culture > History > 19th century.
African American men > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
Women, White > United States > Attitudes > History > 19th century.
African American men in literature.
Slavery in literature.
Race in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Noirs américains dans la culture populaire > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Hommes noirs américains > Opinion publique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Blanches > États-Unis > Attitudes > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Hommes noirs américains dans la littérature.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
African Americans in popular culture.
Intellectual life.
Popular culture.
Race relations.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The Old Child and the Young One" : The Infantilization of Male Slaves in 1820s Juvenile Literature
  • "More Terrible Than the Uncaged Hyena" : The Savage Slave in 1830s Fiction
  • "How a Slave Was Made a Man" : Manly Self-Defense in 1840s Slave Narratives
  • "Patient Sufferer, Gentle Martyr" : The Self-Sacrificial Uncle Tom
  • Impotent Rebels, Heroes, and Martyrs : Anti-Uncle Tom Novels of the 1850s
  • "An Intrepid, Dauntless Heroine" : The Displacement of Black Men in 1850s Octoroon Novels
  • "We Have Struck for Our Freedom" : The Black Revolutionary in 1850s Radical Abolitionist Fiction
  • "Victory!" : The Soldier-Martyr in Civil War Fiction
  • Epilogue.

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