Exquisite slaves : race, clothing, and status in colonial Lima /

In 'Exquisite Slaves', Tamara J. Walker examines how slaves used elegant clothing as a language for expressing attitudes about gender and status in the wealthy urban center of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Lima, Peru. Drawing on traditional historical research methods, visual studies,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Tamara J., 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Temas:
1700-1799
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > Peru > Lima > History > 18th century.
Black people > Clothing > Peru > Lima > History > 18th century.
Enslaved persons > Clothing > Peru > Lima > History > 18th century.
Black people > Race identity > Peru > Lima > History.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Black people > Race identity.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Enslaved persons > Clothing.
Ethnische Identität
Kleidung
Sklaverei
Sozialstatus
Lima (Peru) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Peru > Lima.
Lima.
Peru.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Slavery and the aesthetic of mastery
  • Legal status, gender, and self-fashioning
  • Black bodies and boundary trouble
  • Painting, print culture, and colonial ideation
  • Ladies, gentlemen, slaves and citizens.

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