Keywords
| Term ID | Term | Parent | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3206 | Tractors | Agriculture | ||
| 5113 | Trade school | Education | ||
| 3422 | Traditional music | Entertainment | ||
| 4096 | Traditional southern drink | Alcohol | ||
| 290 | Traditions | Slavery |
For instances of the patterns that became a recurring aspect of the social interactions between slaves and masters, as in the description of the young slaves approaching Sutpen's big house on Christmas morning in expectation of a gift. SR |
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| 980 | Trains | Progress | ||
| 1791 | Traits | Gender |
Indicates when a particular quality is attributed to a character on the basis of their gender, such as when Miss Belle Worsham is described as possessing "some old, timeless, female affinity for blood and grief" (p. 261) in "Go Down, Moses." BR |
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| 4819 | Trans-regional | Cultural Identity | ||
| 4488 | Transatlantic migration | History | ||
| 325 | Transhistorical | Slavery | ||
| 838 | Translation | Labor | ||
| 2619 | Transsexuality | Gender | ||
| 4841 | Traumatized | Health and Illness | ||
| 1452 | Travel | Global | ||
| 2213 | Traveling show | Entertainment |
Any kind of traveling show - the show in "The Sound and the Fury," for instance, or the circus in "Light in August." JBP |
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| 4939 | Treason | Crime | ||
| 2850 | Trenches | War | ||
| 4262 | Trespassing | Law | ||
| 511 | Trial | Law | ||
| 3628 | Trophy | Hunting and Fishing | ||
| 4795 | Trotline | Hunting and Fishing | ||
| 2316 | Trousseau | Clothes | ||
| 4435 | Truancy | Education | ||
| 4533 | Typewriter | Technology | ||
| 4079 | U.S. Army | War | ||
| 4050 | U.S. citizenship | Nationality | ||
| 1422 | Unattractiveness | Sexuality | ||
| 4655 | Uncharitable | Religion | ||
| 3528 | Uncle as term for black man | Race | ||
| 2035 | Uncle Sam | Government | ||
| 3697 | Uncle Tom | Race | ||
| 1375 | Underclothes, female | Clothes | ||
| 1374 | Underclothes, male | Clothes | ||
| 555 | Undressing | Clothes | ||
| 5592 | Unemployment | Labor | ||
| 891 | Uniform | Clothes | ||
| 737 | Union Army | War | ||
| 1456 | Unity | War |
This keyword describes the way in which war calls upon disparate people to fight for the same ideal. The specific example this is based on is Southerners ultimately fighting in the United States army in later wars, but could also described the camaraderie between allied nations. Joost Burgers |
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| 5381 | University of Mississippi | Education | ||
| 1231 | Unspecified sickness | Health and Illness | ||
| 5342 | Uppitiness | Race | ||
| 4869 | Urban | Clothes | ||
| 1734 | US Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government | ||
| 1733 | US Post Office | Government | ||
| 4762 | Using a Negro as messenger | Race | ||
| 1464 | Usurpation | Government | ||
| 1747 | Vagrancy | Crime | ||
| 5535 | Valedictorian | Education | ||
| 1670 | Veil | Clothes | ||
| 5654 | Venereal disease | Health and Illness | ||
| 1744 | Vest | Clothes | ||
| 5318 | Veterans | War |
This is a general marker for anything to do with veterans. The specific instance is the relationship between Jock and Captain Warren in "Death Drag." Although this is technically a "relationship" between veterans, the occurrence is so rare that it makes more sense to create a generic term. |
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| 5544 | Veterans Administration | Government | ||
| 1342 | Vicarious | Sexuality | ||
| 1424 | Vigilantism | Crime |
This denotes moments where characters appoint themselves to punish a crime (real or imagined). BR |
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| 249 | Violence | (First level term) | ||
| 277 | Violence | Slavery | ||
| 4828 | Violence against civilians | War | ||
| 2993 | Virginia | Education | ||
| 1884 | Virginity | Sexuality | ||
| 4406 | Visit | Ritual | ||
| 4354 | Voodoo | Religion | ||
| 4780 | Voter fraud | Crime | ||
| 716 | Voting | Politics | ||
| 2525 | Voting rights | Government | ||
| 3087 | Voyeurism | Sexuality | ||
| 1194 | Wages | Economy | ||
| 2001 | Waistcoat | Crime | ||
| 1974 | Wanted poster | Law |
Any paraphernalia used to publicly identify a possible criminal. The example used is from The Reivers, which refers to a "Bertillon chart or a police poster" (3). JB |
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| 4676 | Wanting a drink | Alcohol | ||
| 250 | War | (First level term) | ||
| 807 | War | Gender | ||
| 812 | War | Age | ||
| 1712 | War of 1812 | War | ||
| 2424 | War of 1812 | History | ||
| 1504 | Warrant | Law | ||
| 5156 | Watch chain | Clothes | ||
| 3453 | Weak heart | Health and Illness | ||
| 1044 | Wealth | Economy | ||
| 5620 | Wedding | Ritual | ||
| 1899 | Wedding dress | Clothes | ||
| 1048 | Wedding license | Law | ||
| 3492 | Welfare | Government | ||
| 2143 | West Point | Education | ||
| 4149 | Wet clothes | Clothes | ||
| 724 | Whiskey | Alcohol | ||
| 296 | White anxiety | Slavery |
For moments in the text which describe anxiety felt by white characters about the presence or possible actions of slaves, as when Loosh's sudden appearance and behavior make Bayard uncomfortable. SR |
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| 4962 | White fear | Race | ||
| 2401 | White race | Race | ||
| 1007 | White savior | Race | ||
| 2530 | White supremacists | Race | ||
| 572 | White supremacy | Prejudice | ||
| 2513 | White trash | Class | ||
| 2409 | White-Indian commerce | Economy | ||
| 1655 | Widow | Gender | ||
| 2228 | Wine | Alcohol | ||
| 4106 | Wine hamper | Alcohol | ||
| 1009 | Witness | Law | ||
| 5324 | Woman smoking | Gender | ||
| 561 | Women | Gender |