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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Block, Sharon, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Race awareness > United States > History > 18th century.
Racism > United States > History > 18th century.
Human skin color > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Human body and language > United States > History > 18th century.
Advertising, Newspaper > United States > History > 18th century.
Missing persons > United States > History > 18th century.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 18th century.
Conscience de race > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Couleur de la peau > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Corps humain et langage > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Publicité dans les journaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Personnes disparues > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Advertising, Newspaper.
Fugitive slaves.
Human body and language.
Human skin color > Social aspects.
Missing persons.
Race awareness.
Race relations.
Racism.
United States > Race relations > History > 18th century.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (217 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812294934
0812294939

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