The Emotional Politics of Slavery

Erin Austin Dwyer, Associate Professor, Oakland University Department of History is our guest on this episode. Professor Dwyer gives us a glimpse of her new book, Mastering Emotions: Feelings, Power, and Slavery in the United States. The book will be available October, 2021.  Find out more  at  publisher University of Pennsylvania Press 

Some other books recommended by Professor Dwyer during the podcast are:

The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions     By William M. Reddy

The Cooking Gene:  A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South     By Michael W. Twitty

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s sack, a Black Family Keepsake     By Tiya Miles

Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells     By Michelle Duster

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