Slave breeding : sex, violence, and memory in African American history /

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This book is an exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the U.S. based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people. For over two centuries, the topic of slave breeding has occupied a controversial place in the master narrative of American hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smithers, Gregory D., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions.
Enslaved persons > Sexual behavior > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
African Americans > Southern States > History.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Esclaves > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY / General
African Americans
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Southern States
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • American abolitionism and slave-breeding discourse
  • Slavery, the lost cause, and African American history
  • Black history and slave breeding in the early twentieth century
  • The theater of memory
  • The WPA narratives and slave breeding
  • Sex, violence, and the quest for civil rights
  • Slave breeding in literature, film, and new media
  • Epilogue.

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