ISBN:
9781469672137
,
9781469670515
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 225 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
306.3/620820976335
Keywords:
Women slaves Abuse of 19th century
;
History
;
Women slaves Sexual behavior 19th century
;
History
;
Women slaves Social conditions 19th century
;
African American women Abuse of 19th century
;
History
;
African American women Sexual behavior 19th century
;
History
;
African American women Social conditions 19th century
;
Sexual abuse victims History 19th century
;
Rape History 19th century
;
Sex workers History 19th century
;
New Orleans, La.
;
Schwarze
;
Sklavin
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Sexueller Missbrauch
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1820-1861
Abstract:
"In histories of enslavement and in Black women's history, coercion looms large in any discussion of sex and sexuality. At a time when sexual violence against Black women was virtually unregulated--even normalized--a vast economy developed specifically to sell the sexual labor of Black women. In this vividly rendered book, Emily A. Owens wrestles with the question of why white men paid notoriously high prices to gain sexual access to the bodies of enslaved women to whom they already had legal and social access"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface: On Lies (Or, After Archival Failure) -- Introduction: Eliza's Last Child -- Ordinary Violence -- Any White Woman or Girl -- Contracts -- Of Mistresses and Concubines: Ann Maria Barclay's Critique of Marriage -- Seeing New Orleans Again -- Afterword: Believe Women.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
