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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... expression " that produces exclusion and generates a profound sense of belonging . Like other cul- tural forms , it admits close analysis ; scholars have begun to identify , however tentatively , a vocabulary of violent practices and ...
... expression " that produces exclusion and generates a profound sense of belonging . Like other cul- tural forms , it admits close analysis ; scholars have begun to identify , however tentatively , a vocabulary of violent practices and ...
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... expression of particular interests and beliefs . Likewise , remembering the dead is a matter of deliberation and craft . I scour the culture of slavery and war to find those rare moments when the dead appear unavailable to ...
... expression of particular interests and beliefs . Likewise , remembering the dead is a matter of deliberation and craft . I scour the culture of slavery and war to find those rare moments when the dead appear unavailable to ...
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... expression of divine wrath allowed Northerners to acknowledge that slavery was wrong while affirming an expansionist vision of the United States as a nation among nations . In a millennial context , violence appeared , once again ...
... expression of divine wrath allowed Northerners to acknowledge that slavery was wrong while affirming an expansionist vision of the United States as a nation among nations . In a millennial context , violence appeared , once again ...
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... expression of a severe and exacting discipline to keep soldiers in line . The Civil War witnessed an unprecedented number of Union army executions— an estimated 267 — unequalled by any subsequent war in U.S. history.22 Conducted in ...
... expression of a severe and exacting discipline to keep soldiers in line . The Civil War witnessed an unprecedented number of Union army executions— an estimated 267 — unequalled by any subsequent war in U.S. history.22 Conducted in ...
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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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