The Slave Women’s Experience: Attitudes to Womanhood in Antebellum Society in the South – Mgr. Helena Bartáková
Mgr. Helena Bartáková
Master's thesis
The Slave Women’s Experience: Attitudes to Womanhood in Antebellum Society in the South
The Slave Women’s Experience: Attitudes to Womanhood in Antebellum Society in the South
Abstract:
Práce se zabývá konceptem ženství ve společnosti amerického Jihu před válkou Jihu proti Severu. Pozornost je soustředěna na afroamerické ženy v otroctví, které v důsledku svého postavení nemohly dostát společenským normám určujícím ideál ženskosti. Tyto ženy musely také čelit řadě stereotypů, které ospravedlňovaly jejich zneužívání. Práce se zabývá postoji vybraných sociálních skupin k ideálu ženskosti …moreAbstract:
The thesis focuses on the notion of womanhood in antebellum society in the South. It concentrates on black slave women who could not meet the requirements of the cult of true womanhood that determined desirable female behavior. Moreover, black women had to deal with many stereotypical images controlling flack femininity. These images were designed to justify exploitation of black women’s labor and …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 7. 12. 2011
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/p9cv0/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 31. 1. 2012
- Supervisor: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel
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BARTÁKOVÁ, Helena. \textit{The Slave Women’s Experience: Attitudes to Womanhood in Antebellum Society in the South}. Online. Master's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2011. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/ilc2zy/.
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Philology / English Language and Literature
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