Description: Punished Self : Surviving Slavery in the Colonial South, Hardcover by Bontemps, Alex, ISBN 0801435218, ISBN-13 9780801435218, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
The Punished Self describes enslavement in the American South during the eighteenth century as a systematic assault on Blacks sense of self. Alex Bontemps focuses on slaverys effects on the slaves framework of self-awareness and understanding. Whites wanted Blacks to act out the role "Negro" and Blacks faced a basic dilemma of identity: How to retain an individualized sense of self under the incredible pressure to be Negro?The first part of The Punished Self reveals how patterns of objectification were reinforced by written and visual representations of enslavement. The second examines how captive Africans were forced to accept a new identity and the expectations and behavioral requirements it symbolized. The third section defines and illustrates the tensions inherent in slaves being Negro in order to survive. Bontemps offers fresh interpretations of runaway slave ads and portraits. Such views of black people expressing themselves are missing entirely from other historical sources. This books revelations include many such original examples of the survival of the individual in the face of enslavement.
The Punished Self describes enslavement in the American South during the eighteenth century as a systematic assault on Blacks sense of self. Alex Bontemps focuses on slaverys effects on the slaves framework of self-awareness and understanding. Whites wanted Blacks to act out the role "Negro" and Blacks faced a basic dilemma of identity: how to retain an individualized sense of self under the incredible pressure to be Negro? Bontemps addresses this dynamic in The Punished Self.
The first part of The Punished Self reveals how patterns of objectification were reinforced by written and visual representations of enslavement. The second examines how captive Africans were forced to accept a new identity and the expectations and behavioral requirements it symbolized. Part 3 defines and illustrates the tensions inherent in slaves being Negro in order to survive.
Bontemps offers fresh interpretations of runaway slave ads and portraits. Such views of black people expressing themselves are missing entirely from other historical sources. This books revelations include many such original examples of the survival of the individual in the face of enslavement.
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Book Title: Punished Self : Surviving Slavery in the Colonial South
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Topic: Slavery, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / General, African American, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2001
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Author: Alex Bontemps
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
