The Myth of Ham in Nineteenth-Century American Christianity: Race, Heathens, and the People of God (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403965622)

This monograph is an original study of what is commonly termed the American "myth of Ham". It examines black and white Americans' recourse to the biblical character of Ham as a cultural strategy for explaining racial origins. Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery arguments, whereas the thesis of this project reveals a fundamental irony: black American Christians who reinforced the meanings of illegitimacy by appealing to Ham as the ancestor of the race.

Author: S. Johnson
ISBN-10: 1403965625
ISBN-13: 9781403965622
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2004
Pages: 187
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.06w x 0.65d