Sharon Block

Colonial Complexions

Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780812250060
• ISBN-10: 0812250060
• Artikelnr.: 48956247

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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