Slave Breeding Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History

Name: Slave Breeding Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History
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ISBN: 9780813049601

ISBN-10: 0813049601

ISBN-13: 9780813049601

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Authors: Gregory D. Smithers

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"A thought-provoking piece of scholarship that sheds light on the complex history of slave breeding in America. Smithers's book will be hotly debated in the profession."--Michael L. Ondaatje, University of Newcastle, Australia"As engaging as it is compelling, bold, and captivating, Smithers's Slave Breeding pulls the reader through its pages with heart-wrenching exposition of the dark and ugly chapter of what could rightly be characterized as the sexual zeitgeist of American national history."--Tunde Adeleke, Iowa State UniversityFor over two centuries, the topic of slave breeding has occupied a controversial place in the master narrative of American history. From nineteenth-century…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publication date: 10/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



List of Figures


Acknowledgments


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


Notes


Bibliography


Index