Thavolia Glymph 
            Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household 
            Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, XIII-279 p.

Vidal, Cécile

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“…The majority of history has been crafted and written by white people, hence the term "whitewashed." White women have crafted a historical narrative that frames their space in the world as fragile, deserving, well-intentioned, and oppressed (Glymph, 2008). Additionally, white women have largely been absent from discussions surrounding the United States' history of slavery, racism, and violence done to Black and Indigenous people.…”

Section: The Historical Protection Of White Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Historical literature suggests white women were oppressed and subject to cruel patriarchy, and in turn innocent to the creation and perpetuation of slavery, yet white women found power and control in roles such as "plantation mistress." True history suggests white women were not only as brutal as white men, but at times even more cruel and violent (Glymph, 2008;Jones-Rogers, 2019). After reconstruction, white women across the nation used their power and privilege to maintain Jim Crow rules and led the resistance to racial equality (McRae, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The assumption that white women were innocent bystanders in the genocide of Native Americans and enslavement of Africans due to their own subordination as women is false and misguided. Many white women were the direct recipients of power and wealth that arose from owning human beings (Glymph, 2008). White women based their power and prestige through the promotion of the image of a well-kept and well-run home.…”

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“…Further, white women justified their violence by blaming the enslaved individuals on their refusal to become "better girls" (Glymph, 2008, p. 6), a clear desire to advance assimilation. If an enslaved woman did not live up to the expectations placed on them daily, they were deemed lazy, uncooperative, unlady like, and intentionally trying to sabotage the white woman's place in society (Glymph, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…With this newfound freedom, white women lost the ability to provide acts of "benevolence." The changed landscape threatened the white woman's place as a helper, a kind person meant to relieve the pains of the day (ignoring that this pain came from slavery itself; Glymph, 2008). Both men and women enslavers needed to see themselves as "honorable, just, and loved by their slaves" while simultaneously oppressing and abusing them (Glymph, 2008, p. 29).…”

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The Representation of African Americans in 12 Years A Slave and Antebellum Films

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Cinemas are often used as an element of escapism and a representation of reality to the audience. Cinema also plays a crucial part in developing and sustaining racial cultural ideas and attitudes in the United States of America and globally. Since the 1830s, African Americans have appeared in film as either shown unfavorably or as small-minded people in comparison to their white peers. In a famous film in America, “Birth of Nation”, a white actor who acted as African American was portrayed as savagely violent who seized on Caucasian women. Despite the inaccurate portrayal of African Americans in the film, identical tropes have continued to emerge in the film industry since the 1920s. Therefore, this paper studies the representation of African Americans in Hollywood films using Critical Race Theory. Two Hollywood films will be used as a comparative case study namely Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave (2013) and Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz’s Antebellum (2020) respectively. The result shows the importance of race and racism in society, several common types of racial prejudice have been detected in the films. Pathological stereotypes have also been presented through the films and the white characters show their power and control towards the African Americans who once had equal privilege with them. Keyword : Representation, African-Americans, Hollywood Films, Antebellum.

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Thavolia Glymph Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, XIII-279 p.

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The Obligation of White Women

The Obligation of White Women

The Representation of African Americans in 12 Years A Slave and Antebellum Films

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