John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, & the Culture of WarSinging "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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By washing , grooming , and posing the corpse , mourners made it look more lifelike and familiar . Taking photographs , painting portraits , clipping a piece of fabric or hair , they produced commemorative objects that served as analogs ...
By washing , grooming , and posing the corpse , mourners made it look more lifelike and familiar . Taking photographs , painting portraits , clipping a piece of fabric or hair , they produced commemorative objects that served as analogs ...
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In order to inten- sify the impact of this spectacle , troops were often paraded past the dead soldier and forced to look closely at his corpse after the execution was over . Yet these spectacular executions ran the risk of jeopardizing ...
In order to inten- sify the impact of this spectacle , troops were often paraded past the dead soldier and forced to look closely at his corpse after the execution was over . Yet these spectacular executions ran the risk of jeopardizing ...
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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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