Paying particular attention to women servants, Ryan traces the "servant problem" as it was represented in magazines like the Atlantic Monthly, Godey's Lady's Book, and Harper's Bazar. Her wide-ranging probe also culls commentary from advice literature, letters and diaries, pro- and anti-slavery propaganda, sentimental fiction, and memoirs of communitarian reform to reveal the fundamental uncertainty about what it meant for some servants to be "free" while others remained fettered to their posts.
Paying particular attention to women servants, Ryan traces the "servant problem" as it was represented in magazines like the Atlantic Monthly, Godey's Lady's Book, and Harper's Bazar. Her wide-ranging probe also culls commentary from advice literature, letters and diaries, pro- and anti-slavery propaganda, sentimental fiction, and memoirs of communitarian reform to reveal the fundamental uncertainty about what it meant for some servants to be "free" while others remained fettered to their posts.
Love, Wages, Slavery: The Literature of Servitude in the United States
256Love, Wages, Slavery: The Literature of Servitude in the United States
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ISBN-13: | 9780252077753 |
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Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
Publication date: | 09/30/2010 |
Edition description: | 1st Edition |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 5.60(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d) |