Violence and Culture in the Antebellum South /

Violence and Culture in the Antebellum South / / Dickson D. Bruce.

This provocative book draws from a variety of sources—literature, politics, folklore, social history—to attempt to set Southern beliefs about violence in a cultural context. According to Dickson D. Bruce, the control of violence was a central concern of antebellum Southerners. Using contemporary sou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Bruce, Dickson D.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1979
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • VIOLENCE AND CULTURE IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Southern Duel
  • 2. Preparation for Violence: Child-Rearing and the Southern World View
  • 3. Feeling and Form: The Problem of Violence in Society
  • 4. Violence in Plain-Folk Society
  • 5. Slavery and Violence: The Masters' View
  • 6. Slavery and Violence: The Slaves' View
  • 7. Militarism and Violence
  • 8. Violence and Southern Oratory
  • 9. Hunting, Violence, and Culture
  • 10. Violence in Southern Fiction: Simms and the Southwestern Humorists
  • Conclusion: Edgar Allan Poe and the Southern World View
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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