The Contributions of Beaumont to Democracy in America: His Analysis of Race Relations and Slavery

Clignet seeks to restore Gustave de Beaumont's historical standing by evaluating his contributions to the understanding of American race relations as they prevailed in Jacksonian America. While Beaumont consciously explores how race and slavery were and are embedded in a tension between nature...

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Published in:American studies international 2001-06, Vol.39 (2), p.34-52
Main Author: Clignet, Remi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American culture
African Americans
American studies
Beaumont, Gustave de
Characters and characteristics in literature
Criticism and interpretation
de Beaumont, Gustave
Democracy
History
Men
Portrayals
Race
Race relations
Racism
Slave ownership
Slavery
Slaves
White people
Writers
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Summary:Clignet seeks to restore Gustave de Beaumont's historical standing by evaluating his contributions to the understanding of American race relations as they prevailed in Jacksonian America. While Beaumont consciously explores how race and slavery were and are embedded in a tension between nature and culture as social constructs, his contributions in this regard also represent unwitting reflections of the social position he occupied as a French aristocrat playing the role of a stranger in the New World.
ISSN:0883-105X
2328-3726