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"A Lock(e)down on American Scandal: The Term's Peculiar Relation to Property"511 views
Author
Thompson, Brianna, English - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
McDowell, Deborah, Department of English, University of Virginia
Abstract
This thesis examines how scandals have shaped the American cultural and political scene from its founding moments to the present. The provocation is offered that public scandals derive value from liberal notions of private property, ownership, and personhood, illustrated by way of a far-reaching examination of what the the thesis terms the “founding scandal” of the Jefferson-Hemings affair and miscegenation, as well as the affair's subsequent reiterations in the news, literature, and on television.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords
scandal; Thomas Jefferson; America; Sally Hemings
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Thompson, Brianna. "A Lock(e)down on American Scandal: The Term's Peculiar Relation to Property". University of Virginia, English - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2014-04-29, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3PQ14.
