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.
- ISBN10 134999961X
- ISBN13 9781349999613
- Publish Date 12 May 2005 (first published 3 December 2004)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 3 February 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 2004 ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 187
- Language English