Yuletide in Dixie : slavery, Christmas, and Southern memory / Robert E. May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Robert E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Southern States--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

Slavery--Southern States--History.

Slavery.

Christmas.

History.

Social conditions.

Southern States.

Christmas--Southern States--History.

Collective memory--Southern States.

Collective memory.

Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865.

Manners and customs.

Southern States--Social life and customs--To 1775.

Enslaved persons--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Yuletide in Dixie scrutinizes two centuries of stereotypes about U.S. slaves' Christmases. Much has been written about Christmas in the antebellum South, but no book has tackled its place in master-slave relations, addressed black perspectives on holiday privileges, showed how these traditions disintegrated under the stress of the Civil War, or explained how antebellum Christmases were mythologized after the war--as they had been before it--in support of white supremacy. This volume brings to light this compelling story, with implications for contemporary disputes over displaying Confederate flags and preserving Confederate monuments"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Time and punishment

Purchased at little cost

Human trafficking on Jesus's birthday

Gaming the system

Winters of their discontent

Ransacking the garret

Sanitizing the past

Epilogue: beyond candlelight tours

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813942148

0813942144

OCLC:

1083151953