Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780-1838
This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains n...
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Format: | eBook |
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Taylor & Francis
2007
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Summary: | This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains not only the purposes that these representations served, but also their effects on slave women's lives. |
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ISBN: | 9780203676011 9780415350266;9780415758925;9781134268702;9781134268658 |
Access: | Open Access |