Sex, power, and slavery

Sexual exploitation was and is a critical feature of enslavement. Across many different societies, slaves were considered to own neither their bodies nor their children, even if many struggled to resist. At the same time, paradoxes abound: for example, in some societies to bear the children of a mas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Campbell, Gwyn, 1952- editor (editor), Elbourne, Elizabeth, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press [2014]
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:Sexual exploitation was and is a critical feature of enslavement. Across many different societies, slaves were considered to own neither their bodies nor their children, even if many struggled to resist. At the same time, paradoxes abound: for example, in some societies to bear the children of a master was a potential route to manumission for some women. Sex, Power, and Slavery is the first history of slavery and bondage to take sexuality seriously. Twenty-six authors from diverse scholarly backgrounds look at the vexed, traumatic intersections of the histories of slavery and of sexuality. T.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 646 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821444900