Our Peculiar Institution: 12 Years a Slave, American Protestantism, and the Erotics of Racism
Issue: Vol 43 No. 1 (2014)
Journal: Bulletin for the Study of Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies Buddhist Studies Islamic Studies Biblical Studies
Abstract:
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.
Author: Donovan Schaefer
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