Kaisha Esty
Biographic Data
| ID | 1250842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kaisha Esty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kaisha |
| FAMILY NAME | Esty |
| SIGNATURE | ESTY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wesleyan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3123-5975 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Horrible Enough to Stir a Man's Soul’
This article analyses enslaved men's emotive responses to slavery's sexual economy in the antebellum U.S. South. It joins the growing historical literature on everyday forms of resistance and refusal, shedding light on the intimate dimensions of enslaved men's resistance. Using the framework of ‘emotional regimes’, this article shows that enslaved men strategically dissembled within, evaded, and defied slavery's culture of paternalism and strict …
Surviving Southampton
Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
This rich and innovative collection explores the ways in which Black women, from diverse regions of the American South, employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The essays included shed new light on individual narratives and case studies of women in war and freedom, revealing that Black women recognized they had to make t…
Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood
Journal Article Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North Get access Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North. By Crystal Lynn Webster. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. xviii, 186 pp. Cloth, $95.00. Paper, $24.95.) Kaisha Esty Kaisha Esty Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acade…
I had resolved that I would be virtuous, though I was a slave
This article traces the powerful currency of notions of feminine virtue among enslaved women in the antebellum US South. Early nineteenth-century white American ideas of "female virtue" were limited to white womanhood and legitimized US white supremacist and patriarchal imperialism. Exploited for their reproductive and productive labor, enslaved women were denied the assumption of feminine virtue. Rather, they were positioned at the center of sla…
I Told Him to Let Me Alone, That He Hurt Me”
During the American Civil War, laboring African American women and girls in Union-occupied territory embarked on their own war over the use of their bodies. As fugitives, “contraband,” and refugees, displaced Black women and girls of liminal status confronted gender violence in conditions that often resembled the systemic sexual violence of slavery. As this article argues, central to this gender violence was the assumption that Black women were a…
Teaching Online in the Age of Covid-19
This roundtable, the second installment in our "In Practice" series, takes as its focus the formidable challenge of online teaching in the age of COVID-. Many of us had never ventured far past our institutional virtual-learning platform before on-campus teaching was suspended in spring , while still others have been employing innovative online pedagogies for some time. This forum draws on the experiences and expertise of a range of Americanists t…
I Told Him to Let Me Alone, That He Hurt Me”
During the American Civil War, laboring African American women and girls in Union-occupied territory embarked on their own war over the use of their bodies. As fugitives, “contraband,” and refugees, displaced Black women and girls of liminal status confronted gender violence in conditions that often resembled the systemic sexual violence of slavery. As this article argues, central to this gender violence was the assumption that Black women were a…
Teaching Online in the Age of Covid-19
This roundtable, the second installment in our "In Practice" series, takes as its focus the formidable challenge of online teaching in the age of COVID-. Many of us had never ventured far past our institutional virtual-learning platform before on-campus teaching was suspended in spring , while still others have been employing innovative online pedagogies for some time. This forum draws on the experiences and expertise of a range of Americanists t…
I Told Him to Let Me Alone, That He Hurt Me”
During the American Civil War, laboring African American women and girls in Union-occupied territory embarked on their own war over the use of their bodies. As fugitives, “contraband,” and refugees, displaced Black women and girls of liminal status confronted gender violence in conditions that often resembled the systemic sexual violence of slavery. As this article argues, central to this gender violence was the assumption that Black women were a…
Southern Black Women and Their Struggle for Freedom during the Civil War and Reconstruction
This rich and innovative collection explores the ways in which Black women, from diverse regions of the American South, employed various forms of resistance and survival strategies to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in American history – the Civil War and Reconstruction era. The essays included shed new light on individual narratives and case studies of women in war and freedom, revealing that Black women recognized they had to make t…
Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood
Journal Article Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North Get access Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North. By Crystal Lynn Webster. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. xviii, 186 pp. Cloth, $95.00. Paper, $24.95.) Kaisha Esty Kaisha Esty Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acade…
I had resolved that I would be virtuous, though I was a slave
This article traces the powerful currency of notions of feminine virtue among enslaved women in the antebellum US South. Early nineteenth-century white American ideas of "female virtue" were limited to white womanhood and legitimized US white supremacist and patriarchal imperialism. Exploited for their reproductive and productive labor, enslaved women were denied the assumption of feminine virtue. Rather, they were positioned at the center of sla…
Horrible Enough to Stir a Man's Soul’
This article analyses enslaved men's emotive responses to slavery's sexual economy in the antebellum U.S. South. It joins the growing historical literature on everyday forms of resistance and refusal, shedding light on the intimate dimensions of enslaved men's resistance. Using the framework of ‘emotional regimes’, this article shows that enslaved men strategically dissembled within, evaded, and defied slavery's culture of paternalism and strict …
Surviving Southampton
Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works)