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Shades of Difference : Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England.

Iyengar, Sujata.

Shades of Difference : Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (322 pages)

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Ethiopian Histories -- 1: Pictures of Andromeda Naked -- 2: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Bride -- 3: Masquing Race -- Part II: Whiteness Visible -- 4: Heroic Blushing -- 5: Blackface and Blushface -- 6: Whiteness as Sexual Difference -- Part III: Travail Narratives -- 7: Artificial Negroes -- 8: Suntanned Slaves -- 9: Experiments of Colors -- Afterword: Nancy Burson's Human Race Machine -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

An exploration of the cultural mythology of skin color during the English Renaissance.

9780812202335


Black people in literature.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
English literature-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism.
Human skin color in literature.
Human skin color-Social aspects-England.
Literature and society-England-History-16th century.
Literature and society-England-History-17th century.
Mythology in literature.
Race in literature.
England-Race relations-History-16th century.
England-Race relations-History-17th century.


Electronic books.

PR428.R35 -- I94 2005eb

820.9/3552

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