Rethinking Rufus : Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men / Thomas A. Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Thomas A., author.

Series:

Gender and slavery (Athens, Ga.)

Gender and slavery ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation life--Southern States--History--19th century.

Plantation life.

Slaveholders--United States--Sexual behavior--History.

Slaveholders.

Slave trade--United States--History.

Slave trade.

Male rape--United States--History--19th century.

Male rape.

Male rape victims--United States--History--19th century.

Male rape victims.

Male sexual abuse victims--United States--History--19th century.

Male sexual abuse victims.

Enslaved persons--Family relationships--Southern States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--United States--Sexual behavior--History.

Enslaved persons--Abuse of--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages).

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This book uses a wide range of sources on slavery--early American newspapers, court records, slave owners' journals, abolitionist literature, and the testimony of former slaves collected in autobiographies and in interviews--to argue that enslaved black men were sexually assaulted by both white men and white women. Scholarship has focused on women's exploitation and abuse and has noted that many of our sources similarly emphasize the abuse of women, silencing the stories of men. However, a careful reading of extant sources finds that sexual assault of enslaved men took a wide variety of forms, including outright physical penetrative assault, forced reproduction, sexual coercion and manipulation, and psychic abuse."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780820355207

0820355208

OCLC:

1103320816