Wounds of returning : race, memory, and property on the postslavery plantation

Wounds of returning : race, memory, and property on the postslavery plantation / Jessica Adams.

Author/creator	Adams, Jessica, 1970-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Description	x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	African Americans in popular culture. Racism in popular culture--United States. Capitalism--Social aspects --United States. Property--Social aspects --United States. Memory--Social aspects --United States. Enslaved persons--Emancipation --United States Slavery--Southern States --History. Plantation life--Southern States --History. United States--Race relations. Southern States--Race relations.

Series	New directions in southern studies New directions in southern studies. ^A713052
Contents	Sex and segregation -- Plantations without slaves -- Roadside attractions -- Southern frontiers -- Stars and stripes.
Abstract	Peeling back the layers of plantation landscapes, Adams reveals connections between seemingly disparate features of modern culture, suggesting that they remain haunted by the force of the unnatural equation of people as property.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-215) and index.
LCCN	2006036295
ISBN	9780807831045 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807831042 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807858011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807858013 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E185.6.A24 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold