Terror in the Heart of Freedom Citizenship, Sexual Violence, and the Meaning of Race in the Postemancipation South

Name: Terror in the Heart of Freedom Citizenship, Sexual Violence, and the Meaning of Race in the Postemancipation South
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ISBN: 9780807858820

ISBN-10: 080785882X

ISBN-13: 9780807858820

Edition: 2009

Authors: Hannah Rosen

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The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male). These traditional definitions of race were radically disrupted after emancipation, when citizenship was granted to all persons born in the United States and suffrage was extended to all men. Hannah Rosen persuasively argues that in this critical moment of Reconstruction, contests over the future meaning of race were often fought on the terrain of gender. Sexual violence-specifically, white-on-black rape-emerged as a critical arena in postemancipation struggles over African American citizenship. Analyzing the…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English

Hannah Rosen is assistant professor in the Program in American Culture and the Women's Studies Department at the University of Michigan.



Introduction



A City of Refuge: Emancipation in Memphis, 1862-1866



City Streets and Other Public Spaces



A Riot and Massacre



A State of Mobilization: Politics in Arkansas, 1865-1868



The Capitol and Other Public Spheres



A Constitutional Convention



A Region of Terror: Violence in the South, 1865-1876



Houses, Yards, and Other Domestic Domains



Testifying to Violence


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index