John Brown's Body
Subtitle: Slavery, Violence, and the Culture of War (Cultural Studies of the United States)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 9, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780807828830
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Social & cultural anthropology; History: American; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Symbolic aspects; Civil War, 1861-1865; History - U.S.; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Death & Dying; United States - Civil War; Social Science / African-American Studies; mass death; depicting war violence; battlefield death; racial violence; handling, studying, and commemorating corpses; United States; Body, Human; Social aspects; 19th century; African Americans; Death; History
First sentence: Accustomed to the overnight successes, unexpected comebacks, and sudden reversals of celebrity culture, we might still find cause to wonder at the course of John Brown's fame.