The Bestselling Novel: Currents in American History and Culture Main Menu Introduction Intersectionality and Power Relations in Bestsellerism An intersectional analysis of the concepts of gender, race and power relationships, highlighting how the overlap between these concepts fueled the novels’ rise as bestsellers. Slavery Beyond Chains The Variation of the Forms of Slavery Inflicted on Charlotte in Susanna Rowson's _Charlotte Temple_ and Dana in Octavia Butler's _Kindred_. Perception of Women in Society Inspecting the ways in which the woman’s default “doomed” status can be blamed on the society's narrow perception of women in Susanna Rowson's Charlotte Temple and Edith Wharton's House of Mirth. Brief summaries of course texts

Gendered Violence and Racism: The Short End of the Stick

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This page has paths:

  1. Introduction Students in ENG 410: American Novel, an upper-level undergraduate seminar

Contents of this path:

  1. Introduction
  2. The History of Violence Against Slaves
  3. The Black Woman: A Pillar in the African American Community
  4. African American Women in the Future vs. the Past
  5. The Freedom of African American Women
  6. Lack of Media Coverage of Gendered Violence
  7. The Development of Racism in Kindred
  8. The Portrayal of Dana vs. Kevin
  9. The Depiction of Violence in Uncle Tom’s Cabin versus Kindred
  10. Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Dominion and Degradation
  11. Works Cited