Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima

In Exquisite Slaves, Tamara J. Walker examines how slaves used elegant clothing as a language for expressing...
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Author: Tamara J. Walker
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Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima by Walker, Tamara J.

Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima

$385.05

Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima

$385.05
Author: Tamara J. Walker
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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.

Author: Tamara J. Walker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/03/2017
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781107084032

About the Author
Walker, Tamara J.: - Tamara J. Walker earned her Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan. Her previous work has appeared in Slavery and Abolition, Safundi, Gender and History, and the Journal of Family History.

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