''Black But Human'' - Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700

'Black but Human' is a proverb which emerges from the African work songs and poems written by Afro-Hispanics enslaved in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty. Carmen Fracchia uses the lens of visuals arts and material culture to understand the representation and self-representation of Afro-Hispanic slaves and ex-slaves in this period.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: 'Black but Human'


• 2: What Is Human About Slavery?


• 3: Visual Culture and Slavery


• 4: Props and Costume


• 5: Commodification: 'Is There Any Caste Lower Than Blacks and Slaves From Guinea?'


• 6: The Image of Freedom: 'All Souls Are Of A Single Colour and They Are Wrought In The Same Workshop'


• Conclusion

About the author

Carmen Fracchia is a Professor of Hispanic Art History at Birkbeck University of London. Her work focusses on the Hispanic intellectual, political, and religious thought about local Spanish and transatlantic slavery, freedom, subjectivity, and hybridity and their articulations in the visual form during the Hapsburg dynasty.

Summary

'Black but Human' is a proverb which emerges from the African work songs and poems written by Afro-Hispanics enslaved in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty. Carmen Fracchia uses the lens of visuals arts and material culture to understand the representation and self-representation of Afro-Hispanic slaves and ex-slaves in this period.

Additional text

Black but Human is a welcome addition to the growing discussion on the prominent role of Afro-Iberians in early modern society and the Black intellectual history of the Atlantic.

Product details

• Authors: Fracchia, Carmen Fracchia, Carmen (Professor of Hispanic Art Histor Fracchia, Carmen (Professor of Hispanic Art History Fracchia, Carmen (Reader in Hispanic Art History Fracchia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780198767978
• ISBN: 978-0-19-876797-8
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, History of art / art & design styles, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands