The Racial Hand in the Victorian Imagination
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ISBN-13:
9781107116580
Veröffentl:
2016
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
18.04.2016
Seiten:
236
Autor:
Aviva Briefel
Gewicht:
500 g
Format:
235x157x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
A fascinating study that explores the power of the racially identified hand as a narrative symbol in Victorian literature and culture.
A fascinating study that explores the power of the racially identified hand as a narrative symbol in Victorian literature and culture.
Introduction; 1. The case of the blank hand: race and manual legibility; 2. Potters and prosthetics: putting Indian hands to work; 3. The mummy's hand: art and evolution; 4. A hand for a hand: punishment, responsibility, and imperial desire; 5. Crimes of the hand: manual violence and the Congo; Coda; Bibliography.