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Terror in the Heart of Freedom
Hannah Rosen
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Paperback. The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery and full citizenship. The author explains how heated debates over interracial marriage were also attempts by whites to undermine African American men's demands for suffrage and a voice in public affairs. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
Gender and sexuality are at the center of the story of Reconstruction.The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male). These traditional definitions of race were radically disrupted after emancipation, when citizenship was granted to all persons born in the United States and suffrage was extended to all men. Hannah Rosen persuasively argues that in this critical moment of Reconstruction, contests over the future meaning of race were often fought on the terrain of gender.Sexual violence - specifically, ... Read more
Gender and sexuality are at the center of the story of Reconstruction.The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male). These traditional definitions of race were radically disrupted after emancipation, when citizenship was granted to all persons born in the United States and suffrage was extended to all men. Hannah Rosen persuasively argues that in this critical moment of Reconstruction, contests over the future meaning of race were often fought on the terrain of gender.Sexual violence - specifically, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Gender and American Culture
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807858820
SKU
V9780807858820
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About Hannah Rosen
Hannah Rosen is assistant professor in the Program in American Culture and the Women's Studies Department at the University of Michigan.
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