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.
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| フォーマット: | Licensed eBooks |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2018]
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| シリーズ: | Early American studies.
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv16t6j48 |
目次:
- 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; Appendix 1. Advertisements for Runaways: Sources and Methodology; Appendix 2. Graphic Overview of Advertisements for Runaways; Appendix 3. Newspapers with Advertisements for Runaways (1750-75)