Scott Trafton: 1 book
Egypt Land
Race and Nineteenth-Century American Egyptomania
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2004
Egypt Land is the first comprehensive analysis of the connections between constructions of race and representations of ancient Egypt in nineteenth-century America. Scott Trafton argues that the American mania for Egypt was directly related to anxieties over race and race-based slavery. He shows how...
