ISBN:
9781107043688
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 320 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1821-1867
;
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
;
Geschichte
;
African Americans in popular culture History 19th century
;
African American men Public opinion 19th century
;
History
;
Women, White Attitudes 19th century
;
History
;
African American men in literature
;
Slavery in literature
;
Race in literature
;
Masculinity in literature
;
Popular culture History 19th century
;
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
;
Rassenfrage
;
Geschlechterforschung
;
Literatur
;
Massenkultur
;
USA
;
United States Race relations 19th century
;
History
;
United States Intellectual life 19th century
;
USA
;
USA
;
Geschlechterforschung
;
Rassenfrage
;
Literatur
;
Massenkultur
;
Geschichte 1821-1867
Abstract:
"In the decades leading to the Civil War, popular conceptions of African American men shifted dramatically. The savage slave featured in 1830s' novels and stories gave way by the 1850s to the less-threatening humble Black martyr. This radical reshaping of Black masculinity in American culture occurred at the same time that the reading and writing of popular narratives were emerging as largely feminine enterprises. In a society where women wielded little official power, white female authors exalted white femininity, using narrative forms such as autobiographies, novels, short stories, visual images, and plays, by stressing differences that made white women appear superior to male slaves. This book argues that white women, as creators and consumers of popular culture media, played a pivotal role in the demasculinization of Black men during the antebellum period, and consequently had a vital impact on the political landscape of antebellum and Civil War-era America through their powerful influence on popular culture"..
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