Rape & race in the nineteenth-century South / Diane Miller Sommerville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommerville, Diane Miller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rape--Southern States--History--19th century.

Rape.

History.

Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Southern States.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 411 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Rape and race in the nineteenth-century South

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004]

Summary:

Sommerville analyzes black-on-white rape cases of the 19th-century South, challenging the notion that race was the sole agent in shaping white ideology on this issue. She shows that race competed with other forces--especially gender and class--to shape the ways southerners related to each other.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-394) and index.

ISBN:

0807828912

080785560X

OCLC:

55000619