Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina /
Through an examination of various couples who were forced to live in slavery, Rebecca J. Fraser argues that slaves found ways to conduct successful courting relationships. In its focus on the processes of courtship among the enslaved, this study offers further insight into the meanings that structur...
| Основен автор: | Fraser, Rebecca J., 1978- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
℗♭2007.
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| Серия: |
Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
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Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina. |
Съдържание:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Love Seems with Them More to be an Eager Desire": Racialized Stereotypes in the Slaveholding South; 2 Asking Master Mack to Court: Competing Spheres of Influence; 3 Getting Out to Play and Courting All They Pleased: The Social and Temporal Geographies of Enslaved Courtship; 4 Taking a Whipping for Lily: Courtship as a Narrative of Resistance; 5 A Red Satin Ribbon Tied around My Finger: The Meaning of the Wedding Ceremony; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.