The mark of slavery : disability, race, and gender in antebellum America /

"Time and again, antebellum Americans justified slavery and white supremacy by linking blackness to disability, defectiveness, and dependency. Jenifer L. Barclay examines the ubiquitous narratives that depicted black people with disabilities as pitiable, monstrous, or comical, narratives used n...

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Autore principale: Barclay, Jenifer L. (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
Serie:Disability histories (Series)
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2731076