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Grievous Entanglement : Consumption, Connection, and Slavery in the Atlantic World.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearson, Erin.
- Series:
- Carter G. Woodson Institute Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery.
- Abolitionists--History.
- Abolitionists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : University of Virginia Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book examines the connections between consumption, slavery, and identity in the Atlantic world, focusing on metaphors and cultural representations. It explores how commodities like sugar were tied to abolitionist movements and the disavowal of slavery’s connections in cultural practices such as blackface minstrelsy. The author delves into metaphoric consumption, discussing themes like cannibalism and monstrous imagery to highlight the moral and political implications of slavery. By analyzing historical, cultural, and literary contexts, the book provides a nuanced understanding of the entangled relationships between economic practices, racial ideologies, and societal values. It is aimed at scholars and readers interested in slavery, abolitionism, cultural studies, and Atlantic world history. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. The Aversive Connections of Tangible Commodities
- 1. Blood-Sugar Metaphors in British Abolitionism
- 2. Ambivalent Connections in Free Produce Abolitionism
- 3. Blackface Minstrelsy and the Disavowal of Consumption’s Connections
- Part Two. Metaphoric Consumption in the Discourse on Slavery
- 4. Feeding the Body Politic: Slavery, Cannibalism, and Identity in the United States
- 5. Consuming Monsters: Hungry Animals in the Discourse on Slavery
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 0-8139-5389-8
- OCLC:
- 1535402642
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