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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786359603321

Autore

Smithers Gregory D. <1974->

Titolo

Slave breeding [[electronic resource] ] : sex, violence, and memory in African American history / / Gregory D. Smithers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012

ISBN

0-8130-4301-8

0-8130-4260-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/620975

306.3620973

306.3620975

Soggetti

Enslaved persons - United States - Social conditions

Enslaved persons - Sexual behavior - United States - History

Slavery - United States - History

African Americans - Southern States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the U.S. based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people.