Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107084032 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 246 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Drawing on traditional historical research methods, visual studies, feminist theory, and material culture scholarship, Walker argues that clothing was an emblem of not only the reach but also the limits of slaveholders' power and racial domination. Even as it acknowledges the significant limits imposed on slaves' access to elegant clothing, Exquisite Slaves also showcases the insistence and ingenuity with which slaves dressed to convey their own sense of humanity and dignity. 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. In Exquisite Slaves, Tamara J. Building on other scholars' work on slaves' agency and subjectivity in examining how they made use of myriad legal disc
Her unique focus on manners of dress and gendered public presentation underlines how slavery was rooted not just in daily events, but in intimate senses of self and others. This book considerably deepens our understanding of colonial racial formation.' Herman Bennett, City University of New YorkAdvance praise: 'Walker's invigorating analysis of enslaved and freed cultural agency is a welcome contribution to the history of slavery. Informed by an Atlantic vision, Walker's close reading of imagery and text charts a new path for how to write a history of the African Diaspora in Latin America.' Rachel Sarah O'Toole, University of California, Irvine . Advance praise: 'Exquisite Slaves represents a unique and distinctive contribution to the history of racial formation in Spanish America which will command the attention of the scholarly community
Her previous work has appeared in Slavery and Abolition, Safundi, Gender and History, and the Journal of Family History. in History from the University of Michigan. Tamara J. Walker earned her Ph.D.