Terror in the heart of freedom
Subtitle: citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South
By: Hannah Rosen.
Series: Gender and American culture; Gender & American culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780807832028; 9780807858820
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; African American women -- Crimes against -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Rape -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Rape -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Slaves -- Emancipation -- Social aspects -- Southern States; Citizenship -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Sex role -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century; Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-379) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: A city of refuge: emancipation in Memphis, 1862-1866; title: City streets and other public spaces; title: A riot and massacre; title: II: A state of mobilization: politics in Arkansas, 1865-1868; title: The capitol and other public spheres == A constitutional convention; title: III: A region of terror: violence in the South, 1865-1876; title: Houses, yards, and other domestic domains; title: Testifying to violence.