The Mark of Slavery : Disability, Race, and Gender in Antebellum America /

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"Time and again, antebellum Americans justified slavery and white supremacy by linking blackness to disability, defectiveness, and dependency. Jenifer L. Barclay examines the ubiquitous narratives that depicted black people with disabilities as pitiable, monstrous, or comical, narratives used n...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Barclay, Jenifer L. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Slaves > Social conditions
Slaves > Abuse of
Race relations
People with disabilities > Social conditions
People with disabilities > Abuse of
African Americans with disabilities
Slaves > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
People with disabilities > United States > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
People with disabilities > Abuse of > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans with disabilities > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Abuse of > United States > History > 19th century.
United States
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Disability, Embodiment, and Slavery in the Old South
  • Reimagined Communities: Disability and the Making of Slave Families, Communities, and Culture
  • A Dose of Law: The Dialogics of Race and Disability in Southern Slave Law and Medicine
  • "Cannibals All!" The Politics of Slavery, Ableism, and White Supremacy
  • One Hell of a Metaphor: Disability and Race on the Antebellum Stage.

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