The Slave in the Swamp: Disrupting the Plantation Narrative

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Psychology Press, 2005 - 285 страници
In 19th century plantation literature, the runaway slave in the swamp was a recurring "bogey-man" whose presence challenged myths of the plantation system. By escaping to the swamps with its wild and threatening connotations, the runaway gained an invisibility that was more threatening to the institution than open rebellion. In part, the proslavery plantation novel served to transform that image of the free slave in the swamp from its untouchable, abstract state to a form that could be possessed, understood, and controlled. Essentially, writers defending the institution would conjure forth the rebellious image in order to dispel it safely.
 

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Section Three Introduction
16
Identity and the Dynamics of Space
19
Chapter Three
45
Chapter Four
67
Section Two Introduction
85
Chapter
111
Chapter Seven
133
Reconciliation and the Lost Cause
155
Chapter Nine
191
Chapter
213
Chapter Eleven
235
Bibliography
265
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