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A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655-1844

A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655-1844

Beckles, Hilary MCD
Shepherd, Verene A.

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 9766401780
ISBN13: 9789766401788
Publisher: Univ Of The West Indies Pr
Published: Jan 31 2007
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.17 Width: 5.96 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1974 Lucille Mathurin Mair defended her dissertation, which has since become a classic work in Caribbean historiography and influenced generations of scholars. Through extensive archival work with estate records, legal records, family papers and private correspondence, she sought out the women of Jamaica's past during slavery, women of all classes, all colours, black, brown and white. The work stands as a convincing exposure of women as agents of history - a path-breaking achievement at a time when Caribbean historiography ignored women. From her meticulous research emerged a powerful statement that has shaped subsequent understandings of gendered and cultural relations in Jamaican society: the white woman consumed, the coloured woman served and the black woman laboured.


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