Colonial Complexions
Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America
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ISBN-13:
9780812224924
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.05.2021
Seiten:
232
Autor:
Sharon Block
Gewicht:
345 g
Format:
229x152x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
IntroductionChapter 1. Complicating Humors and Rethinking ComplexionChapter 2. Shaping Bodies in Print: Labor and HealthChapter 3. Coloring Bodies: Naturalized IncompatibilitiesChapter 4. Categorizing Bodies: Race, Place, and the Pursuit of FreedomChapter 5. Written by and on the Body: Racialization of Affects and EffectsEpilogueAppendices1. Advertisements for Runaways: Sources and Methodology2. Graphic Overview of Advertisements for Runaways3. Newspapers with Advertisements for Runaways (1750-75)NotesIndexAcknowledgments
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