Mark Dawson 
Bodies complexioned [EPUB ebook] 
Human variation and racism in early modern English culture, c . 1600–1750

Stöd

Bodily contrasts – from the colour of hair, eyes and skin to the shape of faces and skeletons – allowed the English of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to discriminate systematically among themselves and against non-Anglophone groups. Making use of an array of sources, this book examines how early modern English people understood bodily difference. It demonstrates that individuals’ distinctive features were considered innate, even as discrete populations were believed to have characteristics in common, and challenges the idea that the humoral theory of bodily composition was incompatible with visceral inequality or racism. While ‘race’ had not assumed its modern valence, and ‘racial’ ideologies were still to come, such typecasting nonetheless had mundane, lasting consequences. Grounded in humoral physiology, and Christian universalism notwithstanding, bodily prejudices inflected social stratification, domestic politics, sectarian division and international relations.

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Introduction
1 Contemplating Christian temperaments
2 Nativities established
3 Bodies emblazoned
4 Identifying the differently humoured
5 Distempered skin and the English abroad
6 National identities, foreign physiognomies, and the advent of whiteness
Conclusion
Index

Om författaren

Mark S. Dawson is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the Australian National University, Canberra

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 280 ● ISBN 9781526134509 ● Filstorlek 2.7 MB ● Utgivare Manchester University Press ● Stad Manchester ● Land GB ● Publicerad 2019 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 7004681 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM
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