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My Brother Slaves : Friendship, Masculinity, and Resistance in the Antebellum South /

Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and back-breaking labour, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days. In this study, Sergio A. Lussana offers an in-depth investigation of the social dynamics betwee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lussana, Sergio (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and back-breaking labour, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days. In this study, Sergio A. Lussana offers an in-depth investigation of the social dynamics between enslaved men and examines how individuals living under the conditions of bondage negotiated masculine identities.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (238 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813166964