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Slave breeding : sex, violence, and memory in African American history
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Title
Slave breeding : sex, violence, and memory in African American history / Gregory D. Smithers.
ISBN
9780813042381 (alk. paper)
0813042380 (alk. paper)
Publication
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Physical Description
xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 24, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-252) and index.
Contents
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.
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