{"product_id":"cast-down-9780812248029","title":"Cast Down","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerived from the Latin \u003ci\u003eabiectus\u003c\/i\u003e, literally meaning thrown or cast down, abjection names the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible. In Western religious tradition, to be abject is to submit to bodily suffering or psychological mortification for the good of the soul. In \u003ci\u003eCast Down: Abjection in America, 1700-1850\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark J. Miller argues that transatlantic Protestant discourses of abjection engaged with, and furthered the development of, concepts of race and sexuality in the creation of public subjects and public spheres.\u003cbr\u003eMiller traces the connection between sentiment, suffering, and publication and the role it played in the movement away from church-based social reform and toward nonsectarian radical rhetoric in the public sphere. He focuses on two periods of rapid transformation: first, the 1730s and 1740s, when new models of publication and transportation enabled transatlantic Protestant religious populism, and, second, the 1830s and 1840s, when libe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. From Roses to Neuroses\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Conversion, Suffering, and Publicity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Indian Abjection in the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Martyrology of White Abolitionists\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Masochism, Minstrelsy, and Liberal Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Child Pets, Melville's Pip, and Oriental Blackness\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359197626711,"sku":"9780812248029","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812248029.jpg?v=1754123952","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cast-down-9780812248029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}