John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, & the Culture of WarUNC Press Books, 2004 - 226 páginas Singing "John Brown's Body" as they marched to war, Union soldiers sought to steel themselves in the face of impending death. As the bodies of these soldiers accumulated in the wake of battle, writers, artists, and politicians extolled their deaths as a m |
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... Civil War , 1861-1865 - Social aspects . 2. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - African Americans . 3. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Literature and the war . 4. Body , Human - Social aspects - United ...
... Civil War , 1861-1865 - Social aspects . 2. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - African Americans . 3. United States - History - Civil War , 1861-1865 - Literature and the war . 4. Body , Human - Social aspects - United ...
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... 3 " This Compost " : Death and Regeneration in Civil War Poetry 71 4 Photographing the War Dead 103 5 After Emancipation 132 Epilogue : Glory 165 Notes 177 Index 213 ILLUSTRATIONS I.I. " Carrying Prisoners from the Armory to the.
... 3 " This Compost " : Death and Regeneration in Civil War Poetry 71 4 Photographing the War Dead 103 5 After Emancipation 132 Epilogue : Glory 165 Notes 177 Index 213 ILLUSTRATIONS I.I. " Carrying Prisoners from the Armory to the.
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... Civil War the United States would be " the most danger- ous country on the face of the earth . " He explained that " it will see its own ideas more clearly than ever before , and long to propagate them with its battle - ardors , " and ...
... Civil War the United States would be " the most danger- ous country on the face of the earth . " He explained that " it will see its own ideas more clearly than ever before , and long to propagate them with its battle - ardors , " and ...
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... Civil War artists and politicians cultivated a potent figure for the process through which death creates life . At times , however , the corpse - con- torted . dismembered , unrecognizable - could not be idealized ; instead , the dead ...
... Civil War artists and politicians cultivated a potent figure for the process through which death creates life . At times , however , the corpse - con- torted . dismembered , unrecognizable - could not be idealized ; instead , the dead ...
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... Civil War dead , in which violence appears neither transcendent nor foreordained , I study the bodies of martyred soldiers in relation to antebellum precedent . I focus on three discursive contexts : sentiment , science , and punishment ...
... Civil War dead , in which violence appears neither transcendent nor foreordained , I study the bodies of martyred soldiers in relation to antebellum precedent . I focus on three discursive contexts : sentiment , science , and punishment ...
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The Blood of Millions John Browns Body Public Violence and Political Community | 14 |
The Blood of Black Men Rethinking Radical Science | 40 |
This Compost Death and Regeneration in Civil War Poetry | 71 |
Photographing the War Dead | 103 |
After Emancipation | 132 |
Glory | 165 |
Notes | 177 |
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John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, and the Culture of War Franny Nudelman Vista previa limitada - 2015 |
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