Colonial Complexions - Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America

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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

Sharon Block is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sharon Block
• Edition: University of pennsylvania pr
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780812224924
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2492-4
• Pages: 232
• Thème: Early American Studies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays