Keywords
| Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3361 | Cultural Issues | Food | Leftovers | |
| 2202 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Legacy after emancipation |
Refers to when a text alludes to the legacy of slavery years (or decades) after the end of slavery. It was created to tag the references to "sold my Benjamin" in "Go Down, Moses" - a story whose very title alludes to slavery. JBP |
| 5547 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal advice | |
| 1249 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal authority | |
| 1232 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal document | |
| 4049 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal fine | |
| 1011 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal issue | |
| 5298 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal ownership | |
| 3021 | Cultural Issues | Government | Legislative action | |
| 4474 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Leprosy | |
| 2578 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Liberal |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |
| 3766 | Cultural Issues | Education | Life after graduation | |
| 5601 | Cultural Issues | Technology | Lighting |
For when a text makes explicit reference to electric lighting (as opposed to light from fires, candles, etc.) JBP |
| 4907 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Livestock | |
| 2728 | Cultural Issues | Government | Local laws and regulations | |
| 3863 | Cultural Issues | Hunting and Fishing | Local legend | |
| 2419 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Local origins | |
| 5566 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Local political bosses | |
| 2046 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Logging | |
| 2335 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Looting | |
| 5570 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Loss of eyesight | |
| 2439 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Loss of flora | |
| 767 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Loss of wilderness | |
| 2438 | Cultural Issues | Land-Use | Loss of wildlife | |
| 948 | Cultural Issues | Region | Lost Cause | |
| 3031 | Cultural Issues | Cultural Identity | Lost Cause | |
| 5422 | Cultural Issues | History | Lost Generation | |
| 3775 | Cultural Issues | Class | Lower class / riff-raff / canaille | |
| 5459 | Cultural Issues | Race | Loyal blacks | |
| 285 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Loyalty |
To note passages in which enslaved people are described - or describe themselves - as loyal to the family that owns them, as when Simon describes how happy all the Sartoris slaves were at the birth of their master's son. SR |
| 5533 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Lumber trade | |
| 1718 | Cultural Issues | Violence | Lynching | |
| 3342 | Cultural Issues | Materialism | Machinery or mechanical references |
For when a text makes explicit reference to machinery, mechanical issues, or the workings of related items -- e.g., Quentin's references in S&F to the wheels and gears of his watch (and his father's before him). JBP |
| 1286 | Cultural Issues | Mass Media | Magazines | |
| 2994 | Cultural Issues | Entertainment | Magic trick | |
| 1703 | Cultural Issues | Progress | Mail delivery | |
| 5326 | Cultural Issues | Gender | makeup | |
| 4738 | Cultural Issues | Law | Making a case | |
| 968 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Making whisky | |
| 5626 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Malaria | |
| 3983 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Male body | |
| 5779 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Male control female sexuality | |
| 3083 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Male domination | |
| 4643 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Male gaze | |
| 5262 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Male rescuer | |
| 4622 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Male rivalry | |
| 5350 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Male vitality | |
| 4648 | Cultural Issues | Violence | Male-female | |
| 3887 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Mama's boy | |
| 2963 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Manhood | |
| 4896 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Manipulative | |
| 4290 | Cultural Issues | Identity, Cultural | Mankind | |
| 969 | Cultural Issues | Crime | Manslaughter | |
| 286 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Manumission | |
| 5745 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Manure | |
| 5308 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Market day | |
| 4875 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Market gardening | |
| 5569 | Cultural Issues | Hunting and Fishing | Market-hunting | |
| 2054 | Cultural Issues | Hunting and Fishing | Marksmanship | |
| 310 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Marriage | |
| 323 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Marriage | |
| 1579 | Cultural Issues | Segregation | Marriage | |
| 847 | Cultural Issues | Law | Marshal | |
| 5476 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Martyrdom | |
| 1272 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Masculine woman | |
| 585 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Masculinity | |
| 2798 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Mason |
Although the Masons are explicitly not a religion, as a secret fraternal order they do represent a belief system. I have placed them under religion for the time being, until we figure out a better place. JB |
| 751 | Cultural Issues | Race | Masquerade |
I created "Masquerade" to address Lucas’s dissimulation with Roth Edmonds, the inscrutability of his racial performance. JW |
| 438 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Mass Media | |
| 2971 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Matched team of horses or mules | |
| 473 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Materialism | |
| 1365 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Maternal impulse | |
| 1306 | Cultural Issues | Age | Maturing | |
| 2924 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Measles | |
| 2674 | Cultural Issues | Food | Meat | |
| 1296 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Medical advice | |
| 4266 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Medical treatment | |
| 3254 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Medicine | |
| 4498 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Medicine aspirin | |
| 3680 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Medicine camphor | |
| 638 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Men vs women | |
| 529 | Cultural Issues | Labor | Menial | |
| 3945 | Cultural Issues | Gender | Menstruation / menstrual cycle | |
| 1521 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Mental illness | |
| 721 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Mental limitations | |
| 1262 | Cultural Issues | Education | Mentorship | |
| 1108 | Cultural Issues | War | Mercenary | |
| 281 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Metaphorical |
Used to flag the passages in which a narrator or a non-enslaved character uses "slavery" metaphorically, to describe something else. Lucas Burch, for instance, complains that his job at the planing mill has him "slaving all day." SR |
| 2106 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Methodism | |
| 2861 | Cultural Issues | War | Mexican | |
| 5351 | Cultural Issues | History | Mexican Rebellion | |
| 624 | Cultural Issues | Class | Middle | |
| 4420 | Cultural Issues | Age | Middle age | |
| 308 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Middle passage | |
| 1089 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Migration | |
| 2682 | Cultural Issues | Clothes | Military | |
| 4228 | Cultural Issues | War | Military awards | |
| 4226 | Cultural Issues | Education | Military education | |
| 3708 | Cultural Issues | War | Military rank of general | |
| 4274 | Cultural Issues | War | Military reassignment |