Things of darkness : economies of race and gender in early modern England / Kim F. Hall.

  • Hall, Kim F., 1961-
Date:
1996
  • Books

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Description

"The "Ethiope," the "tawny Tartar," the "woman blackamoore," and "knotty Africanisms"--Allusions to blackness abound in Renaissance texts. Kim F. Hall's book is the first to view these evocations of blackness in the contexts of sexual politics, imperialism, and slavery in early modern England. Her work reveals the vital link between England's expansion into realms of difference and otherness - through exploration and colonialism - and the highly charged ideas of race and gender which emerged."--From publisher.

Publication/Creation

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1996.

Physical description

xiii, 319 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.

Contents

1. A World of Difference: Travel Narratives and the Inscription of Culture -- 2. Fair Texts/Dark Ladies: Renaissance Lyric and the Poetics of Color -- 3. "Commerce and Intercourse": Dramas of Alliance and Trade -- 4. The Daughters of Eve and the Children of Ham: Race and the English Woman Writer -- 5. "An Object in the Midst of Other Objects": Race, Gender, Material Culture -- Epilogue: Oil "Race," Black Feminism, and White Supremacy -- Appendix: Poems of Blackness.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZEP.41.AA5-6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0801482496
  • 9780801482496