Title
Contesting slave masculinity in the American South / David Stefan Doddington.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781108335294 (electronic book)
1108335292 (electronic book)
9781108423984
1108423981
9781108439244
1108439241
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 246 pages.)
Call Number
E443 .D63 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.38/896073075
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Cambridge studies on the American South.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 1108439241
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.