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Bodies Complexioned: Human Variation and Racism in Early Modern English Culture, C. 1600-1750

Bodies Complexioned: Human Variation and Racism in Early Modern English Culture, C. 1600-1750

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General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 152616390X
ISBN13: 9781526163905
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Jul 12 2022
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Skin-tones mattered in early modern England. Indexing health, social status, religious affiliation and national allegiance, they helped explain (away) poverty, colonialism, war and slavery. Drawing physical distinctions as a means to power has a complex history - one belying racism's assumption that such distinctions are natural or timeless.

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