ISBN:
9780252095160
,
0252095162
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New Black studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gendered resistance
DDC:
306.3620973
Keywords:
Garner, Margaret 1834-1858 Influence
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Garner, Margaret Influence
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Garner, Margaret
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Women slaves Social conditions
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United States
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Slaves Social conditions
;
United States
;
Fugitive slaves History
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United States
;
Government, Resistance to History
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United States
;
Women slaves Social conditions
;
Women slaves Violence against
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Slavery in literature
;
Sex crimes
;
Slaves Social conditions
;
Fugitive slaves History
;
Government, Resistance to History
;
Women slaves Social conditions
;
Women slaves Violence against
;
Women slaves Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Slavery
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Black Studies (Global)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Fugitive slaves
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Government, Resistance to
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Sex crimes
;
Slavery in literature
;
Slaves ; Social conditions
;
Women slaves ; Social conditions
;
History
;
United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Inspired by the story of Margaret Garner, who in 1856 slit her daughter's throat rather than have her forced back into slavery, the essays in this collection focus on historical and contemporary examples of resistance, and issues of slavery and freedom from the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries. The story of Margaret Garner offered the narrative for Toni Morrison's Beloved, the opera Margaret Garner, and much controversy in its time over whether Garner's actions exemplified the evils of the institution of slavery or justified the continued control over African Americans who might perform such an act. Divided into two main sections, the book first addresses the historical and cultural aspects of gendered resistance in the US during the first half of the nineteenth century as enslaved women and men struggled to survive in and escape from a system that thrived on their bondage. In the second half of the volume, the focus turns to contemporary global slavery to examine the psychological consequences of trauma and sexual violence in a number of geographic locations, including Brazil, Yemen, India, and the United States"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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