Our Peculiar Institution
12 Years a Slave, American Protestantism, and the Erotics of Racism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v43i1.34Keywords:
Slavery, Protestantism, race, 12 Years a Slave, Sharon Patricia Holland, affect theory, shame, dignityAbstract
Read through the lens of Sharon Patricia Holland's work on the "erotic life of racism," Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave offers ways of thinking the intertwining of religion and race in the United States from the antebellum era up to today.
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Feddes, Morgan. “Richard Land’s Comments on Trayvon Martin Investigated by SBC.” Christianity Today. Online edition. April 4, 2012. http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2012/april/richard-lands-comments-on-trayvon-martin-investigated-by.html Accessed January 2, 2014.
Genovese, Eugene. Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made. New York: Vintage, 1976.
Holland, Sharon Patricia. The Erotic Life of Racism. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2012.
Hurston, Zora Neale. “Spirituals and Neo-Spirituals.” In: Voices from the Harlem Renaissance. Nathan Irvin Huggins, ed. 2nd edition. Oxford, New York, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1995: 344-347.
Killough, Ashley, Shannon Travis, and Brian Rokus. “Rallier Tells Obama to ‘Put the Qur’an Down.’” CNN Online: Political Ticker. Oct. 13, 2013. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/13/at-tea-party-like-rally-obama-told-to-put-the-quran-down/ Accessed January 2, 2014.
McQueen, Steve. 12 Years a Slave. USA: Regency Enterprises and River Road Entertainment, 2013.
Niebuhr, Gustav. “Baptist Group Votes to Repent Stand on Slaves.” The New York Times. June 21, 1995.
Schaefer, Donovan O. “Profile Me: The Confederate Flag, Shame, and White Male Terror.” Religion Bulletin: The Blogging Portal of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion. August 7, 2012. http://www.equinoxpub.com/blog/2012/08/profile-me-the-confederate-flag-shame-and-white-male-terror/ Accessed January 2, 2014.
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2014-02-14
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How to Cite
Schaefer, D. (2014). Our Peculiar Institution: 12 Years a Slave, American Protestantism, and the Erotics of Racism. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 43(1), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v43i1.34
