Yuletide in Dixie
Title | Yuletide in Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. May |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2019-10-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0813942152 |
How did enslaved African Americans in the Old South really experience Christmas? Did Christmastime provide slaves with a lengthy and jubilant respite from labor and the whip, as is generally assumed, or is the story far more complex and troubling? In this provocative, revisionist, and sometimes chilling account, Robert E. May chides the conventional wisdom for simplifying black perspectives, uncritically accepting southern white literary tropes about the holiday, and overlooking evidence not only that countless southern whites passed Christmases fearful that their slaves would revolt but also that slavery’s most punitive features persisted at holiday time. In Yuletide in Dixie, May uncovers a dark reality that not only alters our understanding of that history but also sheds new light on the breakdown of slavery in the Civil War and how false assumptions about slave Christmases afterward became harnessed to myths undergirding white supremacy in the United States. By exposing the underside of slave Christmases, May helps us better understand the problematic stereotypes of modern southern historical tourism and why disputes over Confederate memory retain such staying power today. A major reinterpretation of human bondage, Yuletide in Dixie challenges disturbing myths embedded deeply in our culture.
The Goodly Spellbook
Title | The Goodly Spellbook PDF eBook |
Author | Dixie Deerman |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 2008-03 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1402753748 |
Presents a collection of ancient spells and incantations that have been adapted for modern times.
Williams' Gang
Title | Williams' Gang PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Forret |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 485 |
Release | 2020-01-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108493033 |
Explores a Washington, DC slave trader's legal misadventures associated with transporting convict slaves through New Orleans.
Christmas in Dixie During the War Between the States
Title | Christmas in Dixie During the War Between the States PDF eBook |
Author | Kezia Katherine Clements Ellis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 19?? |
Genre | Christmas |
ISBN |
Santa Viking
Title | Santa Viking PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781611942170 |
Two Christmas "Viking" love stories: 1. Bolthor's Bride. Bolthor the Skald has been a good friend and fellow warrior; always the bridesmaid, never the bride, so to speak. This gentle giant has never found a woman who loves him. Saxon widow Katherine, is a woman in need of a man to take care of her, and her four children, and about two hundred chickens, in the style none of her first three husbands could manage. 2. A Viking for Christmas. Bodyguard Erik Thorsson, a fiftieth generation Viking, meets Jessica Jones when she attempts to rob the local Piggly Jiggly dressed as Santa Claus. When the store refuses to honor her request for a refund, Jessica takes Erik (also dressed as Santa) as her hostage after accidentally shooting the Little Debbie cupcake display. For the first time in five years, Erik finds himself in love, but how to convince Jessica that he's not her Christmas curse, but instead a Christmas miracle.
The Fall of the House of Dixie
Title | The Fall of the House of Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce C. Levine |
Publisher | Random House Incorporated |
Pages | 481 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1400067030 |
A revisionist history of the radical transformation of the American South during the Civil War examines the economic, social and political deconstruction and rebuilding of Southern institutions as experienced by everyday people. By the award-winning author of Confederate Emancipation.
The Blacker the Ink
Title | The Blacker the Ink PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Gateward |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2015-07-16 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0813572355 |
When many think of comic books the first thing that comes to mind are caped crusaders and spandex-wearing super-heroes. Perhaps, inevitably, these images are of white men (and more rarely, women). It was not until the 1970s that African American superheroes such as Luke Cage, Blade, and others emerged. But as this exciting new collection reveals, these superhero comics are only one small component in a wealth of representations of black characters within comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels over the past century. The Blacker the Ink is the first book to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry. Organized thematically into “panels” in tribute to sequential art published in the funny pages of newspapers, the fifteen original essays take us on a journey that reaches from the African American newspaper comics of the 1930s to the Francophone graphic novels of the 2000s. Even as it demonstrates the wide spectrum of images of African Americans in comics and sequential art, the collection also identifies common character types and themes running through everything from the strip The Boondocks to the graphic novel Nat Turner. Though it does not shy away from examining the legacy of racial stereotypes in comics and racial biases in the industry, The Blacker the Ink also offers inspiring stories of trailblazing African American artists and writers. Whether you are a diehard comic book fan or a casual reader of the funny pages, these essays will give you a new appreciation for how black characters and creators have brought a vibrant splash of color to the world of comics.