Punishing the Black Body Marking Social and Racial Structures in Barbados and Jamaica |
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| Author:
| Harris, Dawn P. |
| Series title: | Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5172-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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Harris examines the punitive and disciplinary technologies and ideologies embraced by ruling white elites in nineteenth-century Barbados and Jamaica. Among studies of the Caribbean on similar topics, this is the first to look at the meanings inscribed on the raced, gendered, and classed bodies on the receiving end of punishment.
Harris examines the punitive and disciplinary technologies and ideologies embraced by ruling white elites in nineteenth-century Barbados and Jamaica. Among studies of the Caribbean on similar topics, this is the first to look at the meanings inscribed on the raced, gendered, and classed bodies on the receiving end of punishment.