Cast down : abjection in America, 1700-1850 /

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Derived from the Latin abiectus, literally meaning "thrown or cast down," "abjection" names the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible. In Western religious tradition, to be abject is to submit to bodily suffering or psychological mortification for the good of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Miller, Mark J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Mortification.
Suffering > Religious aspects > Christianity.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
United States > Religious life and customs.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. From roses to neuroses
  • 1. Conversion, suffering, and publicity
  • 2. Indian abjection in the public sphere
  • 3. The martyrology of white abolitionists
  • 4. Masochism, minstrelsy, and liberal revolution
  • Epilogue. Child pets, Melville's Pip, and Oriental blackness.

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