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Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture
Roth, Sarah N. (Widener University, Pennsylvania)
Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture
Roth, Sarah N. (Widener University, Pennsylvania)
This book argues that white women, as creators and consumers of popular culture media, played a pivotal role in the demasculinization of black men during the antebellum period, and consequently had a vital impact on the political landscape of antebellum and Civil War-era America through their powerful influence on popular culture.
326 pages, 14 b/w illus. 8 tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 21, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781107043688 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 326 |
Dimensions | 162 × 237 × 24 mm · 598 g |