'Masculinity, Physicality and Disability: Shifting Experiences and Ideologies within the Antebellum South, 1800-1861'

我的博士研究将探讨男性气概，残疾和身体的种族化结构如何塑造不同形式的劳动，待遇，社区地位和被奴役的男子在美国南部内战前的阻力。这个项目的关键在于这样一个论断，即内战前的奴隶制和废奴主义话语，如弗雷德里克·道格拉斯和亨利·海兰·加内特等人所讨论的，本质上将黑人男子气概与身体能力联系在一起--无论是劳动、抵抗还是保护/提供的力量。奴隶主和被奴役者对什么样的行为/特征使一个人成为一个人的看法和残疾被奴役者无法实现这种期望之间的这种不和谐的影响支撑了这项研究。我试图了解残疾人是否采取了与身体分离的行动来维护身份/地位，以及残疾是否塑造了奴隶制。这些替代方法是否受到其他人的挑战或被认为是“没有男子气概”的？我的研究将集中于先天残疾的男性，以及那些在以后的生活中身体残疾、“虚弱”或“残废”的男性，无论是由于受伤、疾病还是年龄。这项工作显着发展更广泛的主题在奴隶制研究领域，如社区和主人/被奴役的关系。这一分析还谈到了更广泛的交叉主题内disabilitystudies强调的作用，看法和社区的判断发挥在塑造叙事的包容/排斥。

My doctoral research will explore how racialised constructions of masculinity, disability and physicalityshaped the different forms of labour, treatment, community positions and resistance of enslaved men inthe Antebellum U.S. South. This project hinges on the assertion that Antebellum pro-slavery andabolitionist discourse, such as that discussed by men like Frederick Douglass and Henry HighlandGarnett, intrinsically linked black masculinity with physical ability - whether that was the strength tolabour, resist or protect / provide. The impact of this disharmony between slaveowner and enslavedperceptions of what actions / characteristics made a man and the supposed inability of disabled enslavedmen to fulfil such expectations underpins this study. I seek to understand whether disabled menperformed actions separate from physicality to assert an identity / position and whether disability shapedthe institution of slavery. Were these alternative methods challenged or perceived as 'unmanly' by othersor by themselves? My study shall focus upon men who were congenitally disabled, as well as those whobecame physically disabled, 'weak' or 'crippled' later in life, whether through injury, illness, or age. Thiswork significantly develops wider themes within the field of slavery studies, such as community andmaster/enslaved relations. This analysis also speaks to wider intersectional themes within disabilitystudies by emphasising the role that perception and community judgement plays in shaping narratives ofinclusion/exclusion.