Colonial Complexions

Auteur: Block, Sharon
Editeur: University of Pennsylvania Press
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.
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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.
ISBN / EAN 9780812250060
Auteur Block, Sharon
Editeur University of Pennsylvania Press