Editing Belew 2018
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*Sheila Beam’s narrative of “endangered white womanhood” resonated with the mainstream. | *Sheila Beam’s narrative of “endangered white womanhood” resonated with the mainstream. | ||
*Journalists repeated Sheila Beam's account of mistreatment without much critique. | *Journalists repeated Sheila Beam's account of mistreatment without much critique. They instead focused on her injuries and fragility rather than the charges against her husband. | ||
*Louis Beam's defense was centered on his role as a protective husband and father and a traumatized Vietnam veteran. | *Louis Beam's defense was centered on his role as a protective husband and father and a traumatized Vietnam veteran, narratives. | ||
*Anti-miscegenation ideology and the trope of black male threats to white women persisted in 1980s culture. | *Anti-miscegenation ideology and the trope of black male threats to white women persisted in 1980s culture. | ||
*To appeal to broader anti-government sentiments of the time, Beam invoked his duty to defend the Constitution and popular sovereignty over the federal government. | *To appeal to broader anti-government sentiments of the time, Beam invoked his duty to defend the Constitution and popular sovereignty over the federal government. |