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Yuletide in Dixie

- Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory

About Yuletide in Dixie

In this provocative, revisionist, and sometimes chilling account, Robert E. May chides the conventional wisdom for simplifying black perspectives, uncritically accepting southern white literary tropes about Christmas, and overlooking evidence that slavery's most punitive features persisted at holiday time.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780813945101
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 352
  • Published:
  • July 30, 2020
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 500 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: October 17, 2024

Description of Yuletide in Dixie

In this provocative, revisionist, and sometimes chilling account, Robert E. May chides the conventional wisdom for simplifying black perspectives, uncritically accepting southern white literary tropes about Christmas, and overlooking evidence that slavery's most punitive features persisted at holiday time.

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