Cultural Issues: Slavery Minstrelsy

Description

Used to mark the passages where the representation of a slave or group of slaves draws on the representational conventions of blackface minstrelsy, where slaves were depicted as comically inferior to whites. The scene in "Retreat" where Ringo "hollers and moans and hollers again" for "Marse John" and "Bayard and Colonel and Marse John and Granny" is an instance of this. SR

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"Retreat", 28 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Plunder
"Retreat", 28 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Union Army
"Retreat", 29 (Event)
Actions: Military›Capturing prisoners | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees | Tone›Humorous
The Unvanquished, 63 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Sunset
Actions: Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Plunder
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
The Unvanquished, 64 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Sleeping | Movement›Racing
Cultural Issues: Region›Hapless Yankees | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Unvanquished, 66 (Event)
Environment: Auditory›Confused din | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Military›Escape | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Age›Childhood | Clothes›Military | Slavery›Minstrelsy | War›Capture | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Snake | Objects›Pistol | Supernatural›Ghost
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Recurring Episodes›Sartoris captures Yankees | Tone›Humorous