Yuletide in Dixie : Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory /

Robert E. May.
Bok · Engelsk

Utgitt	University of Virginia Press
Opplysninger	"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"--
Emner	Christmas - History. - Southern States Collective memory - Southern States. Enslaved persons - Social conditions. - Southern States Slavery - History. - Southern States Slaves - Social conditions. - Southern States
Geografisk emneord	Southern States - Social life and customs
Dewey	306.3/620975
ISBN	0-8139-4215-2