Title Exquisite slaves : race, clothing, and status in colonial Lima / Tamara J. Walker

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Slavery and the aesthetic of mastery -- Legal status, gender, and self-fashioning -- Black bodies and boundary trouble -- Painting, print culture, and colonial ideation -- Ladies, gentlemen, slaves and citizens Summary In 'Exquisite Slaves', Tamara J. Walker examines how slaves used elegant clothing as a language for expressing attitudes about gender and status in the wealthy urban center of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Lima, Peru. Drawing on traditional historical research methods, visual studies, feminist theory, and material culture scholarship, Walker argues that clothing was an emblem of not only the reach but also the limits of slaveholders' power and racial domination. Even as it acknowledges the significant limits imposed on slaves' access to elegant clothing, 'Exquisite Slaves' also showcases the insistence and ingenuity with which slaves dressed to convey their own sense of humanity and dignity. Building on other scholars' work on slaves' agency and subjectivity in examining how they made use of myriad legal discourses and forums, 'Exquisite Slaves' argues for the importance of understanding the body itself as a site of claims-making Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 18th century Black people -- Clothing -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 18th century Enslaved persons -- Clothing -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 18th century Black people -- Race identity -- Peru -- Lima -- History HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. Black people -- Race identity Clothing and dress -- Social aspects Manners and customs Enslaved persons -- Clothing Ethnische Identität Kleidung Sklaverei Sozialstatus SUBJECT Lima (Peru) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century Subject Peru -- Lima Lima Peru. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316032114 1316032116 9781316018781 1316018784

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