''Black But Human'' - Slavery and Visual Art 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 Professor of Hispanic Art History at Birkbeck, University of London. Her work focusses on 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: Carmen Fracchia, Prof Carmen (Professor of Hispanic Art H Fracchia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780198881063
• ISBN: 978-0-19-888106-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Ethnic Studies, European History, Spain, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Slavery & abolition of slavery, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General