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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... Death - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century . 7. Death - Symbolic aspects - United States - History - 19th century . 8. Violence - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century . 9. Racism - United States ...
... Death - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century . 7. Death - Symbolic aspects - United States - History - 19th century . 8. Violence - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century . 9. Racism - United States ...
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... Death of John Brown " 33 2.1 . " Ethnographic Tableau ” 50 3.1 . Lincoln's funeral procession 89 3.2 . " The 25th of April 1865 in New York " 90 3.3 . John Miller 100 3.4 . John Miller's leg 101 4.I. Confederate dead by a fence ...
... Death of John Brown " 33 2.1 . " Ethnographic Tableau ” 50 3.1 . Lincoln's funeral procession 89 3.2 . " The 25th of April 1865 in New York " 90 3.3 . John Miller 100 3.4 . John Miller's leg 101 4.I. Confederate dead by a fence ...
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... death that their pain would serve a transcendent purpose , the song also inspired Julia Ward Howe's " Battle Hymn of the Republic , " which continues to fortify the American public in times of sorrow . This book aims to reverse the ...
... death that their pain would serve a transcendent purpose , the song also inspired Julia Ward Howe's " Battle Hymn of the Republic , " which continues to fortify the American public in times of sorrow . This book aims to reverse the ...
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... death . In light of a history of institutionalized violence directed against free and enslaved African Americans during the prewar years , wartime car- nage does not appear to be an inevitable manifestation of the urge to collective ...
... death . In light of a history of institutionalized violence directed against free and enslaved African Americans during the prewar years , wartime car- nage does not appear to be an inevitable manifestation of the urge to collective ...
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... death in war into question and suggests a less inspiriting account of the relationship between death and national com- munity . Commemorative Objects From the moment John Brown was sentenced to death , his body be- came a source of ...
... death in war into question and suggests a less inspiriting account of the relationship between death and national com- munity . Commemorative Objects From the moment John Brown was sentenced to death , his body be- came a source of ...
Contenido
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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