Bodies Complexioned
€34.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781526163905 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Price (excl. tax) | €32.92 |
| Tax | €1.98 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €34.90 |
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Product Description
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. -- .