Southern Mercy
Empire and American Civilization in Juvenile Reform, 1890-1944
Seiten
2016
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-1398-0 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-1398-0 (ISBN)
In Southern Mercy, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era.
From the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century juvenile reformatories served as citizen-building institutions and a political tool of state racism in post-emancipation America. New South advocates cemented their regional affiliation by using these reformatories to showcase mercies which were racialized, gendered, and linked to sexuality.
Southern Mercy uses four historical examples of juvenile reformatories in North Carolina to explore how spectacles of mercy have influenced Southern modernity. Working through archival material pertaining to race and moral uplift, including rare photos from the private archives of Samarcand Manor (the State Home and Industrial Manor for Girls) and restricted archival records of reformatory racial policies, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era.
From the late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century juvenile reformatories served as citizen-building institutions and a political tool of state racism in post-emancipation America. New South advocates cemented their regional affiliation by using these reformatories to showcase mercies which were racialized, gendered, and linked to sexuality.
Southern Mercy uses four historical examples of juvenile reformatories in North Carolina to explore how spectacles of mercy have influenced Southern modernity. Working through archival material pertaining to race and moral uplift, including rare photos from the private archives of Samarcand Manor (the State Home and Industrial Manor for Girls) and restricted archival records of reformatory racial policies, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era.
Annette Bickford is an assistant professor in the Department of Social Science at York University.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Swamp Island
Chapter 2: The Samarcand Arson Case
Chapter 3: The Energy of Despair
Chapter 4: The Merciful Executioner
Chapter 5: The Prodigal Son
Epilogue
Bibliography
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.01.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 17 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4426-1398-X / 144261398X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4426-1398-0 / 9781442613980 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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