Sharon Block

Colonial Complexions

Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Early American Studies
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780812224924
• ISBN-10: 0812224922
• Artikelnr.: 60325179

Autorenporträt

Sharon Block

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