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Autore |
RoseĢn Hannah |
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Terror in the heart of freedom : citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South / / Hannah Rosen |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-8078-8856-7 |
1-4696-0571-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (420 pages) |
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Collana |
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Gender and American culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Civil rights - Southern States - History - 19th century |
African American women - Crimes against - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Rape - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Rape - Political aspects - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Enslaved persons - Emancipation - Social aspects - Southern States |
Citizenship - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Sex role - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Racism - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Southern States Race relations History 19th century |
Southern States History 1865-1877 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-379) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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I: A city of refuge: emancipation in Memphis, 1862-1866 -- City streets and other public spaces -- A riot and massacre -- II: A state of mobilization: politics in Arkansas, 1865-1868 -- The capitol and other public spheres == A constitutional convention -- III: A region of terror: violence in the South, 1865-1876 -- Houses, yards, and other domestic domains -- Testifying to violence. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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