Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England
Kim F. Hall
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
The Ethiope, the tawny Tartar, the woman blackamoore, and knotty Africanisms -allusions to blackness abound in Renaissance texts. Kim F. Hall's eagerly awaited 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. How, Hall asks, did new connections between race and gender figure in Renaissance ideas about the ... Read more
The Ethiope, the tawny Tartar, the woman blackamoore, and knotty Africanisms -allusions to blackness abound in Renaissance texts. Kim F. Hall's eagerly awaited 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. How, Hall asks, did new connections between race and gender figure in Renaissance ideas about the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
521g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801482496
SKU
V9780801482496
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About Kim F. Hall
Kim F. Hall is Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown University.
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