Shades of Difference : Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 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
- 820.9/3552
- PR428.R35 -- I94 2005eb
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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