Spectacular suffering : : witnessing slavery in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic / / Ramesh Mallipeddi.
"An extended analysis of the intersections between the institutional contexts of slavery and the affective structures of sentiment, Spectacular Suffering considers not only how the enslaved subject is constructed, but also how slaves responded to and registered their experiences, creating a mea...
Saved in:
| VerfasserIn: | |
|---|---|
| Place / Publishing House: | Charlottesville : : University of Virginia Press,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 pages) :; illustrations |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | "An extended analysis of the intersections between the institutional contexts of slavery and the affective structures of sentiment, Spectacular Suffering considers not only how the enslaved subject is constructed, but also how slaves responded to and registered their experiences, creating a measure of autonomy even under the conditions of slavery"--Provided by publisher. |
|---|---|
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813938424 (cloth : acidfree paper) 9780813938431 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Ramesh Mallipeddi. |