Mastering emotions : feelings, power, and slavery in the United States /

Mastering Emotions examines the interactions between slaveholders and enslaved people, and between White people and free Black people, to expose how emotions such as love, terror, happiness, and trust functioned as social and economic capital for slaveholders and enslaved people alike.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dwyer, Erin Austin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:America in the nineteenth century.
Temas:
1800-1899
Slavery > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Emotions > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slaveholders > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Propriétaires d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Modern > 19th Century.
Emotions > Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences)
Race relations.
Slavery > Social aspects.
Enslaved persons > Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Southern States.
United States.
African Studies.
African-American Studies.
American History.
American Studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The emotional politics of slavery
  • chapter 1. "To change their sentiments"
  • chapter 2. "Born and reared in slavery"
  • chapter 3. "The pursuit of happiness"
  • chapter 4. "Breach of confidence"
  • chapter 5. "Fear no lash, nor worse"
  • chapter 6. "Enjoying freedom"
  • Epilogue. "The sentiment left by slavery is still with us."

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