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Cambridge Studies in Romanticism: Series Number 108: Slavery and the Politics of Place: Representing the Colonial Caribbean, 1770-1833
Elizabeth A. Bohls
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Paperback. This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 38.
Geography played a key role in Britain's long national debate over slavery. Writers on both sides of the question represented the sites of slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and the British Isles - as fully imagined places and the basis for a pro- or anti-slavery political agenda. With the help of twenty-first-century theories of space and place, Elizabeth A. Bohls examines the writings of planters, slaves, soldiers, sailors, and travellers whose diverse geographical and social locations inflect their representations of slavery. She shows how these writers use discourses of aesthetics, natural history, cultural geography, and gendered domesticity to engage with the slavery debate. Six interlinked case studies, including Scottish mercenary John Stedman and domestic slave Mary Prince, examine the power of these discourses to represent the places of slavery, setting slaves' narratives in dialogue with pro-slavery texts, and highlighting in the latter previously unnoticed traces of the enslaved.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107438163
SKU
V9781107438163
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About Elizabeth A. Bohls
Elizabeth A. Bohls, Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon, is author of Women Travel Writers and the Language of Aesthetics, 1716-1818 (Cambridge, 1995), Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies (2013) and co-editor with Ian Duncan of Travel Writing, 1700-1830 (2005).
Reviews for Cambridge Studies in Romanticism: Series Number 108: Slavery and the Politics of Place: Representing the Colonial Caribbean, 1770-1833
'Bohls' wide-reaching analysis of multiple genres by a variety of authors convincingly makes the case that the politics of place played a crucial role in constructing the West Indian colonies in the British imagination ... Bohls makes a valuable contribution by examining both sides of the debate, situating slavery within the project of empire, and showing how writers and artists from both camps made use of Romantic aesthetics to argue for or against slavery.' Lisa Ann Robertson, Journal of Romanticism 'Bohls' wide-reaching analysis of multiple genres by a variety of authors convincingly makes the case that the politics of place played a crucial role in constructing the West Indian colonies in the British imagination ... Bohls makes a valuable contribution by examining both sides of the debate, situating slavery within the project of empire, and showing how writers and artists from both camps made use of Romantic aesthetics to argue for or against slavery.' Lisa Ann Robertson, Journal of Romanticism