Rape, Race, and Lynching

Auteur: Gunning, Sandra (Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, College of William and Mary)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
In the 19th entury, the stereotype of the black male as sexual beast functioned as an externalized symbol of social chaos. This work describes American literary encounters with the conditions, processes and consequences of this and other stereotypes in mediating moments of white social crisis.
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ISBN / EAN 9780195099904
Auteur Gunning, Sandra (Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, College of William and Mary)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc