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Yuletide in Dixie : slavery, Christmas, and Southern memory Cover Image Book Book

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

May, Robert E., (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780813942148
  • Physical Description: xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Charlottesville ; University of Virginia Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-317) and index.

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Subject: Slaves > Southern States > Social conditions.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Christmas > Southern States > History.
Collective memory > Southern States.
Southern States > Social life and customs > 1775-1865.
Southern States > Social life and customs > To 1775.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Morgan Co PL - Monrovia Branch 306.362 MAY (Text) 78551000548111 Non-Fiction Available -
West Lafayette PL - West Lafayette 306.362 MAY (Text) 31951004447238 2nd Floor - Non-Fiction Available -

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