Colonial Complexions - Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America

Informationen zum Autor Sharon Block is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. Klappentext Sharon Block is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine. Zusammenfassung How did descriptions of individuals' appearance reinforce emergent categories of race? In Colonial Complexions! more than 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and servants reveal how colonists transformed seemingly observable characteristics into racist reality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Complicating Humors and Rethinking Complexion Chapter 2. Shaping Bodies in Print: Labor and Health Chapter 3. Coloring Bodies: Naturalized Incompatibilities Chapter 4. Categorizing Bodies: Race, Place, and the Pursuit of Freedom Chapter 5. Written by and on the Body: Racialization of Affects and Effects Epilogue Appendices 1. Advertisements for Runaways: Sources and Methodology 2. Graphic Overview of Advertisements for Runaways 3. Newspapers with Advertisements for Runaways (1750-75) Notes Index Acknowledgments

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sharon Block
• Edition: University of pennsylvania pr
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780812250060
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5006-0
• Pages: 232
• Thèmes: Early American Studies; Early American Studies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays