Identifying marks : race, gender, and the marked body in nineteenth-century America /

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"What we know of the marked body in nineteenth-century American literature and culture often begins with The Scarlet Letter's Hester Prynne and ends with Moby Dick's Queequeg. This study looks at the presence of marked men and women in a more challenging array of canonical and lesser-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Putzi, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2006.
Temas:
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Branding (Punishment) > United States.
Tattooing > United States.
Sex role in literature.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Marquage au fer rouge (Peine) > États-Unis.
Tatouage > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Branding (Punishment)
Human body in literature
Race in literature
Sex role in literature
Tattooing
Brandmarkung
Literatur
Narbe
Tätowierung
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction : "Carved in flesh"
  • 1. Capturing identity in ink : tattooing and the white captive
  • 2. "Burning into the bone" : romantic love and the marked woman
  • 3. "Tattooed still" : the inscription of female agency
  • 4. "The skin of an American slave" : the mark of African American manhood in abolitionist literature
  • 5. "Raising the stigma" : African American women and the corporeal legacy of slavery
  • Epilogue : Tattooed ladies
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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