Slavery and the culture of taste
Overture : sensibility in the age of slavery -- Intersections : taste, slavery, and the modern self -- Unspeakable events : slavery and white self-fashioning -- Close encounters : taste and the taint of slavery -- "Popping sorrow" : loss and the transformation of servitude -- The ontology...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. [u.a.]
Princeton Univ. Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Gikandi, Simon, Slavery and the Culture of Taste] (2012) (Potter, Dorothy)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ West Indies
/ USA
/ Slavery
/ The Middle classes
/ Morals
/ Politeness
/ Culture
/ Aesthetics
/ History 1700-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Slavery
Moral and ethical aspects
B Slavery in literature |
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| Summary: | Overture : sensibility in the age of slavery -- Intersections : taste, slavery, and the modern self -- Unspeakable events : slavery and white self-fashioning -- Close encounters : taste and the taint of slavery -- "Popping sorrow" : loss and the transformation of servitude -- The ontology of play : mimicry and the counterculture of taste |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [321] - 352) and index |
| ISBN: | 0691140669 |