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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... and Political Community , " American Literary History 14 , no . 4 ( 2001 ) : 639-70 . Used with permission . FRONTISPIECE : Confederate dead gathered for burial . Alexander Gardner , Antietam , Maryland , September 1862 .
... and Political Community , " American Literary History 14 , no . 4 ( 2001 ) : 639-70 . Used with permission . FRONTISPIECE : Confederate dead gathered for burial . Alexander Gardner , Antietam , Maryland , September 1862 .
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CONTENTS List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction I I The Blood of Millions : John Brown's Body , Public Violence , and Political Community 14 2 The Blood of Black Men : Rethinking Racial Science 40 3 " This Compost ...
CONTENTS List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction I I The Blood of Millions : John Brown's Body , Public Violence , and Political Community 14 2 The Blood of Black Men : Rethinking Racial Science 40 3 " This Compost ...
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Imagining that the battlefield dead nourished the earth as they decayed , Civil War artists and politicians cultivated a potent figure for the process through which death creates life . At times , however , the corpse - con- torted ...
Imagining that the battlefield dead nourished the earth as they decayed , Civil War artists and politicians cultivated a potent figure for the process through which death creates life . At times , however , the corpse - con- torted ...
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During the antebellum years , reformers , doctors , artists , and politicians , among others , used the bodies of powerless people , most often black , to shape consensus con- cerning the nature of violence and its social applications .
During the antebellum years , reformers , doctors , artists , and politicians , among others , used the bodies of powerless people , most often black , to shape consensus con- cerning the nature of violence and its social applications .
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Commemorative Objects From the moment John Brown was sentenced to death , his body be- came a source of controversy and political struggle . Realizing the poten- tial significance of Brown's demise , interested parties in the North and ...
Commemorative Objects From the moment John Brown was sentenced to death , his body be- came a source of controversy and political struggle . Realizing the poten- tial significance of Brown's demise , interested parties in the North and ...
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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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