Contested Bodies - Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica

Exploring how the end of the transatlantic trade impacted Jamaican slaves and their children, this volume examines the struggles for control over biological reproduction and shows how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture.

Table des matières

Introduction. Transforming Bodies
Chapter 1. Conceiving Moral and Industrious Subjects: Women, Children, and Abolition
Chapter 2. "The Best Ones Who Are Fit to Breed": The Quest for Biological Reproduction
Chapter 3. When Workers Become Mothers, Who Works? Motherhood, Labor, and Punishment
Chapter 4. "Buckra Doctor No Do You No Good": Struggles over Maternal Health Care
Chapter 5. "Dead Before the Ninth Day": Struggles over Neonatal Care
Chapter 6. Mothers Know Best? Maternal Authority and Children's Survival
Chapter 7. Raising Hardworking Adults: Labor, Punishment, and Slave Childhood
Conclusion. Transforming Slavery
Notes
Sources
Index
Acknowledgments

A propos de l'auteur

Sasha Turner is Associate Professor of History at Quinnipiac University.

Résumé

Contested Bodies explores how the end of the transatlantic trade impacted Jamaican slaves and their children. Examining the struggles for control over biological reproduction, Turner shows how central childbearing was to the organization of plantation work, the care of slaves, and the development of their culture.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sasha Turner
• Edition: University of pennsylvania pr
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780812224603
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2460-3
• Pages: 328
• Thème: Early American Studies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Geschichte, Karibik, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, History - General History, HISTORY / Women