The Resource In the master's eye : representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature, Susan J. Tracy
In the master's eye : representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature, Susan J. Tracy
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The item In the master's eye : representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature, Susan J. Tracy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
- Summary
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- This book explores the way in which literature can be used to reinforce social power. Through rigorous readings of a series of antebellum plantation novels, Susan J. Tracy shows how the narrative strategies employed by proslavery Southern writers served to justify and perpetuate the oppression of women, blacks, and poor whites
- Tracy focuses on the historical romances of six authors: George Tucker, James Ewell Heath, William Alexander Caruthers, John Pendleton Kennedy, Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, and William Gilmore Simms. Using variations on a recurring plot - in which a young planter/hero rescues a planter's daughter from an "enemy" of her class - each of these novelists reinforced an idealized vision of a Southern civilization based on male superiority, white supremacy, and class inequality. It is a world in which white men are represented as the natural leaders of loyal and dependent women, grateful and docile slaves, and inferior poor whites. According to Tracy, the interweaving of these themes reveals the extent to which the Southern defense of slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War was an argument not only about race relations but about gender and class relations as well
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 307 pages
- Contents
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- 1. The Antebellum South
- 2. The Production of Southern Literature
- 3. The Form of Southern Literature
- 4. The Genesis of the "Plantation Novel"
- 5. Representing Southern Women's Lives
- 6. Unmarried Women: The "Belle, " Passive Sufferer versus Spirited Woman
- 7. Unmarried Women: The "Spinster" and the "Fallen Woman"
- 8. Married Woman: Mothers
- 9. Widows
- 10. Slavery: The "Patriarchal" Institution
- 11. The Master-Slave Relationship: Individual Portraits of Slaves
- 12. The Problem of Class in Southern Society and Southern Literature
- 13. Representations of Poor Whites
- 14. The Problem of the Yeoman Farmer
- Isbn
- 9781558497979
- Label
- In the master's eye : representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature
- Title
- In the master's eye
- Title remainder
- representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan J. Tracy
- Subject
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- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Male authors | History and criticism
- American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
- Literature and society -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Patriarchy in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Social classes in literature
- Southern States -- In literature
- Southern States -- Intellectual life
- Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Working class white people in literature
- Poor white people in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- This book explores the way in which literature can be used to reinforce social power. Through rigorous readings of a series of antebellum plantation novels, Susan J. Tracy shows how the narrative strategies employed by proslavery Southern writers served to justify and perpetuate the oppression of women, blacks, and poor whites
- Tracy focuses on the historical romances of six authors: George Tucker, James Ewell Heath, William Alexander Caruthers, John Pendleton Kennedy, Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, and William Gilmore Simms. Using variations on a recurring plot - in which a young planter/hero rescues a planter's daughter from an "enemy" of her class - each of these novelists reinforced an idealized vision of a Southern civilization based on male superiority, white supremacy, and class inequality. It is a world in which white men are represented as the natural leaders of loyal and dependent women, grateful and docile slaves, and inferior poor whites. According to Tracy, the interweaving of these themes reveals the extent to which the Southern defense of slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War was an argument not only about race relations but about gender and class relations as well
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tracy, Susan Jean
- Dewey number
- 810.9/975
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS261
- LC item number
- .T73 1995
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- Literature and society
- Women and literature
- American literature
- American literature
- Working class white people in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Social classes in literature
- Patriarchy in literature
- Poor white people in literature
- Southern States
- Southern States
- Label
- In the master's eye : representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature, Susan J. Tracy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Antebellum South -- 2. The Production of Southern Literature -- 3. The Form of Southern Literature -- 4. The Genesis of the "Plantation Novel" -- 5. Representing Southern Women's Lives -- 6. Unmarried Women: The "Belle, " Passive Sufferer versus Spirited Woman -- 7. Unmarried Women: The "Spinster" and the "Fallen Woman" -- 8. Married Woman: Mothers -- 9. Widows -- 10. Slavery: The "Patriarchal" Institution -- 11. The Master-Slave Relationship: Individual Portraits of Slaves -- 12. The Problem of Class in Southern Society and Southern Literature -- 13. Representations of Poor Whites -- 14. The Problem of the Yeoman Farmer
- Control code
- ocm31865266
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9781558497979
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 94049536
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- In the master's eye : representations of women, Blacks, and poor whites in antebellum Southern literature, Susan J. Tracy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. The Antebellum South -- 2. The Production of Southern Literature -- 3. The Form of Southern Literature -- 4. The Genesis of the "Plantation Novel" -- 5. Representing Southern Women's Lives -- 6. Unmarried Women: The "Belle, " Passive Sufferer versus Spirited Woman -- 7. Unmarried Women: The "Spinster" and the "Fallen Woman" -- 8. Married Woman: Mothers -- 9. Widows -- 10. Slavery: The "Patriarchal" Institution -- 11. The Master-Slave Relationship: Individual Portraits of Slaves -- 12. The Problem of Class in Southern Society and Southern Literature -- 13. Representations of Poor Whites -- 14. The Problem of the Yeoman Farmer
- Control code
- ocm31865266
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9781558497979
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 94049536
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- American literature -- Male authors | History and criticism
- American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
- Literature and society -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Patriarchy in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Social classes in literature
- Southern States -- In literature
- Southern States -- Intellectual life
- Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Working class white people in literature
- Poor white people in literature
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