{"product_id":"rethinking-rufus-thomas-a-foster-9780820355214","title":"Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking Rufus\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book-length study of sexual violence against enslaved men. Scholars have extensively documented the widespread sexual exploitation and abuse suffered by enslaved women, with comparatively little attention paid to the stories of men. However, a careful reading of extant sources reveals that sexual assault of enslaved men also occurred systematically and in a wide variety of forms, including physical assault, sexual coercion, and other intimate violations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo tell the story of men such as Rufus--who was coerced into a sexual union with an enslaved woman, Rose, whose resistance of this union is widely celebrated--historian Thomas A. Foster interrogates a range of sources on slavery: early American newspapers, court records, enslavers' journals, abolitionist literature, the testimony of formerly enslaved people collected in autobiographies and in interviews, and various forms of artistic representation. Foster's sustained examination of how black men were sexually violated by both white men and white women makes an important contribution to our understanding of masculinity, sexuality, the lived experience of enslaved men, and the general power dynamics fostered by the institution of slavery. \u003cem\u003eRethinking Rufus\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates how the conditions of slavery gave rise to a variety of forms of sexual assault and exploitation that affected all members of the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820355216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820355214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020","brand":"Thomas A. Foster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926518497535,"sku":"9780820355214","price":104.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a37962cb-55d7-4dfd-b90b-4ff256c4737e.jpg?v=1681083508","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-rufus-thomas-a-foster-9780820355214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}