Contesting slave masculinity in the American South [electronic resource] / David Stefan Doddington ; Cardiff University.
"Contesting Slave Masculinity in the American South demonstrates the significance of internal divisions, comparison, and conflict in shaping gender and status in slave communities of the American South. David Stefan Doddington seeks to move beyond unilateral discussions of slave masculinity, and ins...
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| Language: | English |
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[Cambridge, United Kingdom] ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies on the American South
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Are you men?'; 1. 'If I had my life to live over, I would die fighting rather than be a slave again': resistance, manhood, and survival in slavery; 2. 'The best amongst them was picked for that job': authority, discipline, and masculinity; 3. 'I never seen such a worker as my father': work, industry, and masculinity; 4. 'He am big and 'cause he so he think everybody do what him say': manhood, sex, and power; 5. "The best man whipped and the other one took it": violence, leisure, and masculinity; Conclusion: contesting slave masculinity; Bibliography; Index.