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" Exquisite slaves : "
Tamara J. Walker.
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BL
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838946
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Walker, Tamara J.,1978-
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Exquisite slaves : : race, clothing, and status in colonial Lima /\ Tamara J. Walker.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY, USA :: Cambridge University Press,, 2017.
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, ©2017
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ix, 232 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1107084032
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: 9781107084032
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.
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| Contents
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Slavery and the aesthetic of mastery -- Legal status, gender, and self-fashioning -- Black bodies and boundary trouble -- Casta painting and colonial ideation -- Print culture and the problem of slavery -- Ladies, gentlemen, slaves, and citizens.
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| Abstract
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In 'Exquisite Slaves', Tamara J. 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. 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. Building on other scholars' work on slaves' agency and subjectivity in examining how they made use of myriad legal discourses and forums, 'Exquisite Slaves' argues for the importance of understanding the body itself as a site of claims-making.
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Aesthetics, Black-- Peru-- Lima-- History.
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Blacks-- Clothing-- Peru-- Lima-- History-- 18th century.
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Blacks-- Race identity-- Peru-- Lima-- History.
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Clothing and dress-- Social aspects-- Peru-- Lima-- History-- 18th century.
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Slaves-- Clothing-- Peru-- Lima-- History-- 18th century.
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15.85 history of America.
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Aesthetics, Black.
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Blacks-- Race identity.
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Clothing and dress-- Social aspects.
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Ethnische Identität
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Kleidung
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Manners and customs.
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Sklaverei
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Slaves-- Clothing.
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Sozialstatus
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Lima (Peru), Social life and customs, 18th century.
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Lima
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Peru, Lima.
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Peru.
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| Dewey Classification
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985/.25500496009033
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F3601.9.B55W35 2017
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