Force de la pudeur

This paper focuses on the strategic importance of sexuality in the abolitionist battle waged by slave narratives. The first whipping scene in Douglass’s 1845 autobiography is studied as an example of the way the almost unspeakable sexual tyranny of the masters manages to be suggested in spite of str...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suzanne Fraysse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2013-05-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6213