The Silencing of Ruby Mccollum: Race, Class, and Gender in the South - Brossura

Evans, Tammy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813062403 ISBN 13: 9780813062402

Casa editrice: Univ Pr of Florida, 2016

Riassunto

 

The Silencing of Ruby McCollum refutes the carefully constructed public memory of one of the most famous—and under-examined—biracial murders in American history. On August 3, 1952, African American housewife Ruby McCollum drove to the office of Dr. C. LeRoy Adams, beloved white physician in the segregated small town of Live Oak, Florida. With her two young children in tow, McCollum calmly gunned down the doctor during (according to public sentiment) “an argument over a medical bill.” Soon, a very different motive emerged, with McCollum alleging horrific mental and physical abuse at Adams’s hand. In reaction to these allegations and an increasingly intrusive media presence, the town quickly cobbled together what would become the public facade of Adams’s murder—a more “acceptable” motive for McCollum’s actions. To ensure this would become the official version of events, McCollum’s trial prosecutors voiced multiple objections during her testimony to limit what she was allowed to say.

           
Employing multiple methodologies to achieve her voice—historical research, feminist theory, African American literary criticism, African American history, and investigative journalism—Evans analyzes the texts surrounding the affair to suggest that an imposed code of silence demands not only the construction of an official story but also the transformation of a community’s citizens into agents who will reproduce and perpetuate this version of events, improbable and unlikely though they may be.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Tammy Evans is adjunct professor of composition at the University of Miami's Bradenton campus.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ Pr of Florida
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0813062403
• ISBN 13: 9780813062402
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 173
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile