Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780-1838 / / Henrice Altink.
This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains n...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Taylor & Francis,, 2007. |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Summary: | This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains not only the purposes that these representations served, but also their effects on slave women's lives. |
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| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Henrice Altink. |