Southern mercy : empire and American civilization in juvenile reform, 1890-1944 / Annette Louise Bickford.
Author/creator |
Bickford, Annette Louise, 1964- |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016] |
Description | xiii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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Abstract | "From the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century juvenile reformatories served as citizen-building institutions and a political tool of state racism in post-emancipation America. New South advocates cemented their regional affiliation by using these reformatories to showcase mercies which were racialized, gendered, and linked to sexuality. Southern Mercy uses four historical examples of juvenile reformatories in North Carolina to explore how spectacles of mercy have influenced Southern modernity. Working through archival material pertaining to race and moral uplift, including rare photos from the private archives of Samarcand Manor (the State Home and Industrial Manor for Girls) and restricted archival records of reformatory racial policies, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era."-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2017304045 |
ISBN | 9781442645745 (cloth) |
ISBN | 1442645741 (cloth) |
ISBN | 9781442613980 (paper) |
ISBN | 144261398X (paper) |
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Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |