Slavery and the Politics of Place - Representing the Colonial Caribbean, 17701833

This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers.

Sommario

Introduction: captive spaces; 1. The planter picturesque; 2. Stedman's Tropics: the mercenary as naturalist; 3. Colonial history and Atlantic geography; 4. Equiano's politics of place: from roots to routes; 5. At home with the 'Blackies': Janet Schaw and Maria Nugent; 6. A long way from home: the history of Mary Prince; Bibliography.

Info autore

Elizabeth A. Bohls, Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon, is author of Women Travel Writers and the Language of Aesthetics, 1716-1818 (Cambridge, 1995), Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies (2013) and co-editor with Ian Duncan of Travel Writing, 1700-1830 (2005).

Riassunto

Elizabeth A. Bohls presents an interdisciplinary study of non-fictional literature about the colonial Caribbean, 1770–1883. Particular attention is given to the ways in which arguments for and against slavery permeated all sorts of texts, including those overtly concerning language, natural history, geography, aesthetics or domestic life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Bohls, Elizabeth A Bohls, Elizabeth A. Bohls, Elizabeth A. (University of Oregon) Bohls
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9781107079342
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07934-2
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism; Cambridge Studies in Romantici; Cambridge Studies in Romanticism; Cambridge Studies in Romantici
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918